Strike Is Over, But Where's The Beef?

Over the past three weeks, I've been following the farmers' strike in Argentina with bated breath.

Why, you ask? Am I worried that I won't be able to get my favorite cut of steak at a local Argentinian steakhouse? Not really. Although, a visit to Tribeca's Industria Argentina isn't a bad idea...

Actually, I'm planning on going a bit further than Tribeca for a hearty helping of Argentine bovine. I'm traveling to Argentina itself!

But, with all the news of the farmers' strike and empty grocery store shelves, I was concerned that I would need to pack a lunch before I went -- a lunch that would last 10 days. (One order of fishes and loaves, please!)

Thankfully, the strike has been called off. That said, according to the Associated Press there are still major issues with the food supply chain at present:

Cattle trucks returned to the main stockyard in the Argentina capital Thursday after a 21-day farm strike against rising export taxes, but shortages of beef and produce remained a headache for consumers nationwide.

The Liniers stockyard received about 1,000 cattle Thursday and expected more than 10,000 head on Friday. But many butchers reported freezers still empty of beef as they waited for meatpacking plants to resume production across Argentina, a major beef producer.

Trucks carrying farm produce rolled freely again from countryside to cities, forming long lines at busy markets.

I'm hoping the long lines will have subsided by the time I hit Buenos Aires next weekend. We'll see...