Toby, there many many scenarios going forward where growing you own food, orThere are enormous numbers of doom-and-gloom scenarios based on total collapse of all current supply systems, and a far larger number of much more positive scenarios. I've written extensively about why I'm not a doomer, so I won't repeat those arguments here. Much.
most of it (and trading what you can) is the only way you will get to eat.
In Tommy's area, a progressive city like Austin, the amount ofWhy do people behave as though the current situation is permanent and based on unchanging circumstances? Forty years ago little food in the developed world traveled more than 200 miles, and sixty years ago agriculture was not at all dependent on oil. For 10,000 years before 1960, settlements were ringed with farms, so why focus on an anomaly as though it's immutable? Tearing up enough asphalt to make a big garden takes about a day of work (and, yes, I have done that!).
locally grown food is perhaps 3%-5% (I am being generous). The rest comes
from an average of 1200 miles away and is highly dependant on oil -
regardless of conventional or organic farming.
Has anyone seen the latest grain reserves report? Last year we were down toGrain reserves drop to a very low number in early summer and then go up to a very high number at harvest time. Food in the ground is not counted. Being afraid of those numbers is like looking at your paycheck and saying, I only made $800 this week; that won't get me through the year. Food production is continuous. Since it takes 60-120 days to grow a crop, having enough grain for 60 days seems like the low end of normal to me.
some 60 days of consumption or something like that.
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