Daily Wire published an article stating that the Biden administration announced a plan on Thursday to address looming food shortages in the Western hemisphere. In the aftermath of COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession, supply chain bottlenecks have contributed to rising food prices in the United States. The worldwide food supply has more recently been impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine; the two nations combined produce approximately 12 percent of the world’s calories, including 30 percent of the world’s traded wheat. IFPRI found that market prices for food and fertilizer increased 125 percent from January 2021 to January 2022, spiking again after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Beyond the Western hemisphere, African nations like Kenya and Ethiopia — which were already struggling with drought and related livestock deaths — are now facing compounded shortages amid the global rise in food prices. Beyond agriculture, Russia alone produces 11 percent of the world’s oil supply — leading to higher costs for farmers amid a lower supply of oil due to the Ukraine conflict.