food production

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:51 pm

This is an interesting article what may happen

I've seen gas go up so quickly that the food prices had to go up also, which it did. When food rises too quickly, most stores will tell that shoplifting is at an all time high, whether it be an 80 year old lady or a teenager and this to affects the increase of prices. Within the last 2 years food prices have gone up as much as 43% on staple items. This article tells me one thing: hope that you own some land and grow and can your food. I think that all nations fall apart very quickly when it can't grow enough food. China has double its imports from Canada by about 50% this should tell us too that they can't grow enough

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/is ... g/19557228

Post by **Olly** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:19 am

Worrying times ahead maybe?

aussieteacherPMMD · Post by **aussieteacherPMMD** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:30 am

I live on a couple of rural acres next to a river, and the sub-tropical climate ( maybe one light frost per winter ) means I can grow vegetables and fruit 12 months of the year, a huge saving, and almost as much excercise as mountain biking, John.

Post by **Olly** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:28 am

That sounds really nice to me. It must be very satisfying to eat food you have grown yourself, knowing exactly what has or hasn't gone into the whole process.

aussieteacherPMMD · Post by **aussieteacherPMMD** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:56 pm

...and just how long it is from when the thing comes out of the ground or off a branch until it hits your plate. A remarkably long time in the case of most supermarket foodstuff, I think. We run the house on solar power, as well, not all that difficult in this climate with a few adjustments, so no power costs aside from a new set of batteries every five or so years.