Archive for the 'Food' Category
Ohio: Hungry? Turn In Your Guns, Get Food
December 3rd, 2008Via: Beacon Journal: Sponsors of the Goods for Guns program are hoping that the promise of a full belly will lure people to turn in their guns in exchange for $100 gift cards for Acme Fresh Markets. The dates for the program, Nov. 21 and 22, were strategically selected this year to coincide with Thanksgiving […]
No. 1 Chicken Producer Pilgrim’s Pride Files for Chapter 11
December 2nd, 2008Via: USA Today: The economic pressures facing the U.S. chicken industry came into full view Monday when the No. 1 producer, Pilgrim’s Pride, (PPC) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection. Pilgrim’s, which produces 25% of U.S. broilers, suffered a triple whammy of large debt, high feed prices and lower prices for chicken amid weakening demand […]
Credit Card Industry May Cut $2 Trillion of Lines: Get Ready for Famine
December 1st, 2008Famine? The Reuters piece below doesn’t say anything about famine. It includes the words dangerous and unprecedented, but not famine. So, how might we conclude that widespread hunger will result from a reduction in credit lines? Because increasing numbers of people are relying on credit cards to pay for their BigMacs: Commercial bank exposure via […]
The Famine of 2009
November 30th, 2008Believe it or not, the food situation is worse than I thought. This is a long piece, but I highly recommend clicking through and reading all of this. Via: DailyKos: The fall nitrogen fertilizer application has been 10% of the norm. A typical year would see 50% put on in the fall and 50% in […]
An Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama
November 28th, 2008Via: WAPF: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA From Sally Fallon Morell, President, the Weston A. Price Foundation November 16, 2008 Dear Mr. Obama, Congratulations on your recent victory in the American presidential elections. As the president-elect, you have many issues to consider as you prepare to take office. One issue I would urge […]
Americans’ Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High
November 27th, 2008This may sound strange, but there’s a lot of opportunity at this stage of collapse. Gardening and food security issues might resonate with many more people now than in recent years. If you know someone who is on the verge of snapping out their trance, offer books, links, some seeds, or a hand. Additionally, I […]
Los Angeles: 5,000 People Turn Out for a Food Giveaway
November 26th, 2008And check out the part about the Home Preservation Day event. Via: Los Angeles Times: Some sought a cart of groceries the week before Thanksgiving, others sought a way to keep from losing their homes in the new year. By the thousands, a diverse group of Southern Californians converged on two events Saturday aimed at […]
40,000 Swarm Farm to Gather Free Food
November 24th, 2008A few of you have placed large orders with Nitro-Pak. If you needed a reason as to why you might want to keep that information to yourself, take a look at this one. Via: Washington Post: A farm couple got a huge surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick up […]
Soil Erosion Threatens Land of 100 Million Chinese
November 21st, 2008Via: Guardian: Almost 100 million people in south-west China will lose the land they live on within 35 years if soil erosion continues at its current rate, a nationwide survey has found. Crops and water supplies are suffering serious damage as earth is washed and blown away across a third of the country, according to […]
Superbug in Supermarket Meats; CDC Says Don’t Worry
November 20th, 2008Supersize your Superbug Burger! Actually, it’s a Superbug Clone Burger now. Via: MSNBC: A potentially deadly intestinal germ increasingly found in hospitals is also showing up in a more unsavory setting: grocery store meats. More than 40 percent of packaged meats sampled from three Arizona chain stores tested positive for Clostridium difficile, a gut bug […]
