It would be just easier to not wage war by the way.
Can't think of many countries besides Canada and US that would not starve in NATO if such a necessity arose, and that's because they produce lots of cereals.
All the other countries in NATO are major food importers.
> It would be just easier to not wage war by the way.
Wars do not start by mutual agreement of all belligerents. If anything, usually the opposite.
>All the other countries in NATO are major food importers.
All apart from France, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Turkey, Italy and Ireland.
Interestingly the US is borderline now depending on how you measure food imports and exports.
The us could probably half it’s calories intake and be fine, if not better, from a public health perspective.
The average ribeye steak you serve in your barbecue joint can feed a family of 4 in war time.
I'm Italian and I don't think you're right.
Italy is not food self-sufficient, it relies heavily on imports of cereals, animal feed, oils, and other.
We add value up the chain (with hams, cheese, etc), but bar fruits and vegetables where we are okay-ish, we cannot feed ourselves. Its been decades that even our own pasta is made out of canadian and us cereals. We simply don't have enough, let alone we don't have good quality cereals.
On top of that, our production is super reliant on imported fertilizers and chemicals. We would borderline starve in case of isolation.
Ireland isn't in NATO.
> It would be just easier to not wage war by the way
Yeah, those pesky Ukrainians waging war for the pleasure of it.
Being a major importers of olive oil is probably not such a big deal. The EU is pretty self-sufficient for food, for example - can change a bit the food and agg mix if needed (and some countries have emergency stores as well).