Norway is taking major steps to prepare for potential war and famine as the country kicks off a plan to stockpile grain.
Yesterday, Norway’s finance minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, and Agriculture and Food Minister Geir Pollestad signed a deal with four private companies to store 30,000 tons of grain in 2024 and 2025.
The companies involved will reportedly store the grain in existing facilities throughout the country, but it will be the property of the Norwegian government.
In a statement, the Agriculture and Food Ministry noted: “The building up of a contingency stock of food grains is about being prepared for the unthinkable.”
The government stated that the companies “are free to invest in new facilities and decide for themselves where they want to store the emergency grain, but they must make the grain available to the state if needed.”
They are apparently…
