Global food, commodities supply chain crisis set to explode as falling river levels crush barge traffic in US

(Natural News) Most Americans don’t know that a huge amount of the goods and commodities used to produce the things they need travel via barge along the Mississippi River, but it’s true. For instance, according to FreightWaves executive director Rachel Premack, barge industry is “crucial for moving aluminum, petroleum, fertilizer and coal, particularly on the Mississippi…