Since the 1970s, the Beirut grain silos have marked the seam between the city and the sea. Ships from the Soviet Union and later Russia and Ukraine loaded with barley, corn, and wheat docked regularly in the port to unload these vital food staples. Forty-two concrete cylinders with a capacity to store up to 120,000 tons of grain, enough to make bread for up to 1.7 million people, guaranteed Lebanon’s food security.