[mschuster91]

> Is a recession a food supply halting catastrophe?

It can very easily turn into one, look at what is happening in Venezuela or in Russia. Or what may happen with Britain and the Brexit, with the additional difficulty there that warehouses have been replaced by trucks which means that food supply is endangered in case of unplanned border controls.

[TheSpiceIsLife]

The majority of recessions probably don't turn in to food supply halting catastrophes.

I'd argue Venezuela has experienced a cascade of poor choices well beyond your average general decline in economic activity.

Do you really believe Britain is on the brink of a Brexit induced food supply halting catastrophe? I'd seriously like to believe trade relations are strong and that selling in to a 60+ million population market is a strong incentive to keep trade relations well lubricated.

[mschuster91]

> Do you really believe Britain is on the brink of a Brexit induced food supply halting catastrophe? I'd seriously like to believe trade relations are strong and that selling in to a 60+ million population market is a strong incentive to keep trade relations well lubricated.

Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party won the EU elections in the UK. People are talking openly about "hard Brexit", and some day the EU is going to have enough and give the UK the boot in the arse. No way the UK is going to be remotely prepared - it simply won't be possible to prepare for a hard Brexit with weeks, maybe months of border chaos. There simply is not enough warehouse capacity.