Re: OT...Got Garden? Daily Food Crisis in the News

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:46:38 -0500, Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


>> Same here.  Started that already and need to make a run to the
>> bookstore.
>
>Just call your local extension office. Seriously.

Thanks!

>> 
>> >I'll also stock up on ammo so I can hunt my own meat...

Yep.  Can't have too much.

>> >Squirrel is tasty in season and I have a hunting license. 

Tastes pretty good out of season too, if necessary. ;-)


>Going for it this weekend.
>For both dad and I, and my sister's family. Canned and dry goods.
>
>Things that store.


Good on ya!  Both my boys were here this morning, I had sent them this
article.  They took off for the store and are beginning to build their
inventory.  I found buckets and gaskets lids at the lumberyard and we
are going to start packing soon.  The grocery in town carries dry ice,
so we're set on that account.

Don't forget seeds.  Heirlooms if possible.  This year I intend to hit
the stores at the end of the planting season and buy large quantities
of seeds, hybrids and all, when they go on sale for next to nothing and
pack some longterm buckets of them.  Cheap insurance, one shot for the
hybrids, but a seasons worth of food anyway.


>
>Thank gods I had a tax return. Was going to use it for debt reduction 
>but I've partially changed my mind.

Same here.

>> 
>> And some prices are rising even more quickly. The latest data show
>> cereal prices rising by more than 8% a year. Both flour and rice are up
>> more than 13%. Milk, cheese, bananas and even peanut butter: They're
>> all up by more than 10%. Eggs have rocketed up 30% in a year. Ground
>> beef prices are up 4.8% and chicken by 5.4%.
>> 
>> These are trends that have been in place for some time.
>> 
>> And if you are hoping they will pass, here's the bad news: They may
>> actually accelerate.
>
>This is not sustainable.

Sure isn't, but if folks think things thru, prepare to whatever degree
they feel is prudent, and learn to simplify, some may make it ok.  We
have been discussing making the ****ft right now, as if things had
downturned severely already, both to increase our skills and to get in
the mindset of making do with less.  Plus it will be healthier.  And
save us some cash that we can use on necessities.

>Armageddon is nigh. :-(

It is going to be difficult... very, very difficult for many, if not
most of us.  You, like us, have family.  This is a great benefit.
Community of some sort is a necessary aspect of making it thru
difficult times.

G'luck to you and all of us.

Charlie