Archive for the 'Food' Category
As Other Staples Soar, Potatoes Break New Ground
April 16th, 2008There’s one sentence in the article below that I’d like to highlight: One factor helping the potato remain affordable is the fact that unlike wheat, it is not a global commodity, so it has not attracted speculative professional investment. If you don’t understand why that sentence is so important, please see, CBOT Resembles Carnival Act […]
Food Riots ‘An Apocalyptic Warning’
April 14th, 2008Their headline, not mine. Via: ABC: Basic access to food is slipping out of reach for many people in developing countries. The cost of the rice has risen by more than three-quarters in two months and the price of wheat has more than doubled in the same time. The desperation in dozens of countries has […]
UN: Food Price Rises Threaten Global Security
April 9th, 2008This situation is maddening. I’ve been reading our Bill Mollison permaculture books again (Intro and Design) and the path to abundance is right there. I have to conclude that the governments involved want the chaos they’re experiencing, or are about to experience. Rather than yielding some control to localities and supporting smaller, integrated animal/garden/food forest […]
Philippines Threatens Rice Hoarders with Life Imprisonment
April 9th, 2008Via: USA Today: Filipinos face life in prison if they’re caught hoarding rice. “The Department of Justice is preparing economic sabotage or plunder charges that carry a life sentence against traders found to be hoarding rice, the price of which has risen sharply amid a tight global supply,” The Inquirer reports. “Although the country has […]
Food Supplies
March 19th, 2008As you know, Becky and I maintain an emergency stockpile of food as a matter of routine. From my personal experience with our food supply preparations, and upon consulting with some close Cryptogon readers (in private) about this matter, it is clear that we are now in a phase where food shortages are present in […]
