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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] AGRICULTURAL APOCALYPSE, 2010
  • Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:12:50 -0600


Sad but true. There's another thing that seems to escape all those stocking
up to fight off the maruding hordes. If the supermarket shelves are bare
it'll be because the supplying trucks can't get gas or can't afford it, not
because growers all quit growing. And if the truckers can't get gas, how are
these hordes going to drive out to raid the farms? And people don't walk far
on an empty stomach.

We've had the same thing happen in the stores, Joan. I think you're right; a
lot of people just paralyze in the face of problems they've never had to deal
with. Now if deliveries start getting unreliable or certain items can't be
had out of season at any price, people will discover they can't just plant
seeds and have supper. They have to start growing months before they eat.
Obvious, yes, but how many never gave it a thought? For my part I'm 99%
certain some foods are going to get too expensive shortly, or just be
unavailable out of season from foreign sources. I'm less certain how much
disruption is ahead this year or next. Better a seller than a buyer but we
still have to buy a lot of food items and supplements. We can't grow fish
here, or apples.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 4/8/2010 at 10:48 AM Joan Vibert wrote:

>I was thinking about this article in the shower this morning and wondered
>if
>we really have to worry about hordes of people coming to our farm for food.
>First of all, there really are some who don¹t know where food actually
>comes
>from; and, second, they have no clue what it is or how to prepare, cook, or
>eat it. I¹ve had checkers at our local grocery (we are a ³farming
>community²) have no clue what a butternut squash or kale is, hadn¹t even
>heard of it. The inner city folks have been removed from real food with
>the
>lack of true grocery stores so that they have to rely on Quick Trip and
>other mini-marts for food. We truly wouldn¹t have anything they would
>recognize and that¹s pitiful. The folks in the suburbs would be so stunned
>that no one has food ³for them² that they might just sit and wait for food
>to show up somehow. It¹s all very interesting to ponder and I doubt little
>in the article so I think we need to be prepared to teach people, maybe in
>return for real work!
>
>Joan
>Www.windwalkerfarm.com
>
>
>> From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
>> Reply-To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing
>> <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:22:31 -0600
>> To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] AGRICULTURAL APOCALYPSE, 2010
>>
>>
>> I hope catastrophic or ³mass starvation² in places is too strong a word,
>but
>> there is evidence I find credible, for what it's worth, which is why I
>passed
>> it on. There have been reports of many growers running into a credit
>crunch
>> from lenders to finance their current season. Winter vegetables have been
>> decimated by U.S. weather. Just today we saw a fast food sign about
>tomatoes
>> only on request if available. We know the biofuels boondoggle has driven
>up
>> the cost of corn which goes into thousands of processed foods. And could
>our
>> USDA put out a demonstrably false and contradictory report for political
>> reasons? You tell me.
>>
>> I'm starting extra tomatoes and peppers now.
>>
>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>>
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>>
>> On 4/7/2010 at 10:09 PM Tradingpost wrote:
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