Future Food Crisis and the Seeds of War

Many people have wondered what the next big crisis that the world will face in the future. While I have already eluded to a second US Civil War, I haven't talked about how this comes about. It may seem strange but the a civil war over civil liberties is actually a result of a global food crisis that will become apparent in the next five years. This food crisis will be caused by sharp and sudden decrease in global wheat production. A new wheat fungus will be the cause and while the US will be better off than most other countries and regions, it will still hit America hard.

The fungus will make its appearance in the year 2014 with a sudden and unexpected decrease in production. It is determined to be a new type of fungus that kills almost all wheat varieties around the time of the wheat's maturation. The next year the wheat crop was even smaller due to a return of the fungus but also, it was discovered that the previous year's fungal outbreak left much of the wheat seed unable to self-pollinate. This caused smaller amounts of wheat to grow and then a portion of the wheat that did grow died from the fungus.

Within a few years the world's wheat production has been cut in half. Many countries changed their food production with a shift from wheat to corn, rice or potatoes. Asian countries chose to focus on rice production while countries in the Western Hemisphere moved to corn. Europe and India were unable to adequately grow enough food causing starvation, political instability and mass migration. Europeans attempted migration to the United States, but in reaction to the 100's of millions seeking refuge in America, the government closed its borders.

Similarly, people from India, Australia and New Zealand migrated to China, Japan and other smaller East Asian countries. Those countries also tried closing their borders, but were less successful leading to a near doubling of those countries' populations. This population shift caused social and political instability around the world with harsh reactions by governments in attempts to control their citizens. This includes the United States.

In reaction to this increase in government control and decrease in civil liberties and states rights, a freedom and liberty movement began in the US and slowly spread around the world. This sowed the seeds of rebellion in the America and the eventual secession of Texas and other states paving the road to the New Republic.