02-12-2009, 04:28 AM
Winter solstice is past, the sun will be back and things will start to grow soon. Now is the time to put in your cooler winter vegetables like peas, manoa lettuce, broccoli, etc. It is also time again for "Victory Gardens" although this time it is for victory over drought and tough economic times.
Here is an article about the worldwide drought and assessments on the 2009 global crop production. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c...iewArticle&code=DEC20090210&articleId=12252
There is a worldwide drought going on and the crops this upcoming year are going to be very small with a lot of shortages. This means food prices here will be going up since most of our food is imported so plant food for yourself and plant some extra to sell to, swap with or give to your neighbors. The more food we produce for ourselves means the more food which will go to hungry people somewhere else. In a global food shortage, the folks with the money & resources buy all the food so the folks without the money & resources go hungry. Similar to the Irish potato "famine" where the potato crops were sold outside the country and a lot of the poor indentured themselves to get passage to the United States. That is a historical example and we just did something similar a year or two ago when the corn crops were sold to folks paying a lot for it to use it for fuel so the folks in Mexico couldn't afford to buy it for food.
They even want to grow fuel crops here on our island instead of food and we don't have that much crop land in production so we already have to import most of our food. Hopefully, with the price of oil low at the moment (although not likely to stay that way) the land will go into food production instead of fuel production. We need food more than fuel and we can get power from sun and wind.
Another factor keeping food production low is the low food crop prices paid to farmers so less acreage is planted in food crops. Add in the drought above and we are going to be looking at some severe global food shortages. We will still have food here, but it will be more expensive. If you can, buy food from the person growing it so more folks will be motivated to plant food. With the lack of traditional employment, plant food, you can always eat it if you can't sell it.
Now is the time to plant your garden, start a small hydrobucket or even just a jar of sprouts on your window sill, every little bit helps.
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Kurt Wilson
Here is an article about the worldwide drought and assessments on the 2009 global crop production. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c...iewArticle&code=DEC20090210&articleId=12252
There is a worldwide drought going on and the crops this upcoming year are going to be very small with a lot of shortages. This means food prices here will be going up since most of our food is imported so plant food for yourself and plant some extra to sell to, swap with or give to your neighbors. The more food we produce for ourselves means the more food which will go to hungry people somewhere else. In a global food shortage, the folks with the money & resources buy all the food so the folks without the money & resources go hungry. Similar to the Irish potato "famine" where the potato crops were sold outside the country and a lot of the poor indentured themselves to get passage to the United States. That is a historical example and we just did something similar a year or two ago when the corn crops were sold to folks paying a lot for it to use it for fuel so the folks in Mexico couldn't afford to buy it for food.
They even want to grow fuel crops here on our island instead of food and we don't have that much crop land in production so we already have to import most of our food. Hopefully, with the price of oil low at the moment (although not likely to stay that way) the land will go into food production instead of fuel production. We need food more than fuel and we can get power from sun and wind.
Another factor keeping food production low is the low food crop prices paid to farmers so less acreage is planted in food crops. Add in the drought above and we are going to be looking at some severe global food shortages. We will still have food here, but it will be more expensive. If you can, buy food from the person growing it so more folks will be motivated to plant food. With the lack of traditional employment, plant food, you can always eat it if you can't sell it.
Now is the time to plant your garden, start a small hydrobucket or even just a jar of sprouts on your window sill, every little bit helps.
Kurt Wilson
Kurt Wilson
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