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

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:48:44 -0700, Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


>O.K., Way too much fun going on here.
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/23/usa2
>
>Spectre of food rationing hits US
>
>The spectre of food rationing arose in America today as retailers began 
>imposing limits on rice and flour sales following bulk purchases by 
>customers alarmed by rocketing global prices for staple foods.
>
>Wal-Mart's cash-and-carry division, Sam's Club, announced that it would 
>only sell a maximum of four bags of rice per person to prevent supplies 
>from running short.

Yep......way too much, way too fast.

I just flipped on the news infotainment and lo and be****,  msnbc is
all over this rationiong of rice and the dire outlook for crops,
worldwide and domestically.

Eff me, gonna be a run food.  Followed by runs on what else, I wonder.

Last night, before it rained again, I converted on of the flower beds
to a salad and root bed.  I used Bill W's anecdotal method, small
scale, and broadcast assorted greens and roots.

Ah me, last night I read an article about the **** going down in Haiti.
Children getting two spoonsful of rice for a meal and the helplessness
felt by their parents.

Charlie, who is all over the place emotionally about "things"