As everyone knows, we're not reporting in a vacuum here.

There is situations happening right now in Europe and Ukraine, probably some of the most

serious since World War II.

There is ripple effects coming out from this, and we're going to report on some of that

right now as we will continue our reporting going forward.

Here's a headline of the New York Post, a skyrocketing food prices it's talking about.

Prices reach record highs, skyrocket by 20.7% across the globe.

This was compiled by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.

It tracks food staples, and they were blaming this rise on crop conditions, reduce export

availability.

Here's the kicker.

This was put together before the war in Ukraine started.

Let that sink in for a second.

This was just really from the last couple of years of the lockdowns.

Now we go to the next headline here.

Remember, Ukraine is really called the bread basket of Europe.

Putin's energy shock is broadening into a world food crisis.

So brace for rationing.

It says here, roughly 33% of world exports have barely come from Russia and Ukraine combined.

29% of wheat, 19% of maize, as well as 80% of sunflower oil.

It goes on to say, quote, everything is going up vertically.

The whole production chain for food is under pressure from every side.

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