Commentary Supply chain disruptions arising from the COVID-19 lockdowns have crippled the shipment of goods of all kinds around the world. Everything from toilet paper to cleaning products to antibiotics to household appliances have been struggling to get to their final destination. A poll run in October 2021 indicated that 54 percent—over half—of Americans were experiencing “delays or shortages in trying to buy ordinary consumer products.” But there’s another product, even more important than all these, that is facing a global supply crunch as well. Food. If you’ve been noticing more empty shelves than usual at the grocery store, it’s not your imagination. According to Geoff Freeman, the President and CEO of Consumer Brands Association, “U.S. groceries typically have 5% to 10% of their items out of stock at any given time; right now, that unavailability rate is hovering around 15%.” But where food shortages go, supply chain issues are only …