Concerned about its nationals, India pressed for the right to ship food.

But that has stopped since he moved to the United States, he said, because of potential problems in shipping food across an international border.

Security problems have slowed efforts to ship food into Afghanistan and reopen aid offices.

Several have stopped shipping food outside their borders, aggravating the shortages in major cities.

To do that, Amazon gave itself time to work out the logistics and economics of shipping food.

Fred and Red's has no phone, no internet site, and does not ship food.

The Government shipped food to a staging point near some of those places, but it was not clear whether it reached the final destinations.

"The railroad can be used to ship food, clothing - anything except for things related to war," he said.

Nearby, a cooperage shows the old wooden barrels used to ship and store food.

Awaiting their first opportunity, knights in the southern reaches shipped food and raw materials.