This Week in An Apocalyptic Future: Hunger Soars.

Last month, the Department of Agriculture released the latest numbers on hunger in America, reporting that 50 million Americans are now hungry.

This is a staggering development. And for the last month or so, we’ve been told that the Great Recession (ahem, Depression) is over. However, I will not quibble with these facts. The algorithm has rebounded; the Dow is once again above 10,000.

Yet, food prices have been rising pretty consistently over the past couple of years. And while some have expressed serious concerns about food shortages and the cost of affordable food, which certainly puts a strain on struggling households, there are some positive indicators to the contrary. Science, has responded to our every need with it’s latest innovation: soggy pork.

The Telegraph reports:

Researchers in the Netherlands created what was described as soggy pork and are now investigating ways to improve the muscle tissue in the hope that one day people will eat it.

I shit you not.

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