Food Riots

The food riots were incidents of civil unrest and protests in the United States as a reaction to decreasing food supply and rationing.

Background
The White House belittled those protesting, claiming that the president was suffering too, having to substitute cube steak for prime rib, while relying on the "detestable" Chateau Montrose 2043 wine.

A riot in Roxbury, Boston, four were killed and eight others injured when the hungry crowd stormed a food bank and |soldiers guarding the location opened fire into the unarmed crowd. What made the situation particularly noticeable was the fact that soldiers were allegedly picking out targets in the crowd in advance, and laughing as they did so.

The food crisis was an opportunity that the Vault-Tec Corporation attempted to create a solution for, building facilities such as the Vault-Tec Agricultural Research Center to test automation of the agricultural center and turning Vault 22 into a research center for creating experimental fertilizer and genetically modifying plant organisms.

Behind the scenes
Food riots were mentioned in the canceled Van Buren project and in the Fallout Bible.