The bacon shortage, explained graphically

You thought you were in the clear after last month's global bacon scare, but you're wrong. Here's the bacon shortage explained in one simple graphic.

You might’ve thought you were in the clear after last month’s baconpocalypse scare, but you might be wrong. Sure, Britain’s National Pig Association might have jumped the gun a bit in warning of a global bacon crisis, but that doesn’t mean this summer’s extreme drought isn’t getting the better of the U.S. pig meat industry.

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