Nation's bacon reserves hit 50-year low as prices rise

This is why I have private bacon reserves.

Not joking, I have a deep freeze full of pork belly. Buying from your local farmer has perks beyond being trendy. Don't think for a minute that the quality of factory ham isn't suffering in this production rush.

That headline is in the "wet roads cause rain" style.

Yes. USAToday is not known for their journalistic excellence. The reason I posted it was because I didn't realize we had a strategic stockpile of bacon for, you know, bacon emergencies.

...And bacon trading rises to a feverish pitch.