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Dec 4, 2021, 8 tweets

🥪 A food revolution began pre-pandemic and COVID has only accelerated that.

See how America's food industry is transforming, from farm to your table. ⬇️

Read more: axios.com/deep-dive-pand…

Corn-supply interruptions include worker shortages, unpredictable ethanol demand and machinery scarcity.

These layers of disruptions add up, triggering gyrating costs for corn, a foundation of the food supply — both as feedstock and table staple.

🌽: axios.com/pandemic-corn-…

Restaurants and bars are still 1 million jobs down from pre-pandemic levels. Combative customers, unpredictable schedules, lack of benefits, career changes and fear of COVID all take their toll.

🧑‍🍳: axios.com/pandemic-resta…

🚗 The pandemic created a surge in demand for food delivery services with such speed that regulations protecting workers haven't kept up — making those jobs much more dangerous.

Could you manage as a food delivery courier? Play our game to find out. ⬇️

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Don't be surprised if you cross paths with a robot the next time you go food shopping or out to eat.

Automation is moving into several aspects of the food industry, from farm to table.

🤖: axios.com/robots-food-wo…

Your burger is heating Earth.

🍔: axios.com/food-agricultu…

French fries and pad thai may be the most popular food deliveries over the past 12 months.

🍟: axios.com/most-craveable…

🌮 Read the whole Deep Dive from @AxiosVisuals: axios.com/deep-dive-pand…

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