Stockpiles? What Stockpiles?
Is your government stockpiling enough food?
We鈥檙e on the hunt for the world鈥檚 biggest stashes of food.
Can the food system handle a big shock, or is it time to stock up on your supplies? In last week鈥檚 episode we met people doing just that - stockpiling food in anticipation of anything from a major natural disaster, to the apocalypse. They had little faith that their governments would be able to keep the food supply under control in extreme circumstances. This week we set out to test their assumptions.
From forgotten World War Two food sheds to Switzerland鈥檚 stockpiling sirens, which companies and governments are storing food in bulk? Where are they keeping it? Who can access it? And, if disaster strikes, will any get to you?
Presenter: Emily Thomas
Contributors: Tony Lister, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Professor Tim Benton, University of Leeds, Tracey Allen, J.P. Morgan, Corinne Fleisher, World Food Programme.
(Photo: abandoned warehouse. Credit: Getty Images)
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Do food security experts have their own emergency supplies?
Duration: 01:16
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Do we really know how much food there is?
Duration: 03:49
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- Thu 10 Aug 2017 02:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online, Europe and the Middle East, UK DAB/Freeview & West and Central Africa only
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