Well, I beleive this can be an exceptionally good topic since the upcoming times we are headed to should be fairly interesting. Here is a short summation of what is going on: PREPARE..FOR. HARD..TIMES..AHEAD.. .Any person watching the evening news can see it coming.. ..Those who prefer to keep their head in the sand so they don’t have to.. Consider the facts, will no doubt call us fear mongers, and not prepare. H O W E V E R Our grain reserves are at their lowest since World War II Due to high prices caused by shortages abroad, our stockpiles of grain are now being exported fifteen times faster than expected, and we have committed to sell ALL of it to foreign countries, leaving our own wheat reserves at the lowest level since 1946, when we had half the current population to feed. In fact, it seems our farmers have probably committed to sell more grain to foreign countries than they’ve actually planted !! . To make matters worse, America’s farmers have switched to growing corn for ethanol, in place of food grade crops. Couple this with worldwide damage to farmlands and crops from droughts and floods, and it’s obvious that the worst will come this summer. These two ABC news articles confirm the above: February 5: . .http://abcnews.go.Com/Business/wireStory?id=426… February 8: . .http://abcnews.go.Com/Business/wireStory?id=426… The shortage of ALL grains, even hay, is so severe that we now have horses starving – even dying – in Kentucky, Tennessee, and at least five other Southeastern states; The price of hay has doubled, even tripled. Grain wholesalers from as far away as Central Kentucky are getting calls every day from people all over the eastern part of the United States looking for hay. Horses are being abandoned on federal land, and even in city parks. People are literally giving them away. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/26/eveni… Rush For Biofuels Threatens Starvation On A Global Scale “The rush towards biofuels is threatening world food production and the lives of billions of people, the Governments Chief Scientific Adviser said yesterday. Professor John Beddington put himself at odds with ministers who have committed Britain to large increases in the use of biofuels over the coming decades. In his first important public speech since he was appointed, he described the potential impacts of food shortages as the elephant in the room; a problem which rivaled that of climate change.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environme…
The Sunday Times Says – We Are Running Out ! (U.K. Times) “THE WORLD is only ten weeks away from running out of wheat supplies after stocks fell to their lowest levels for 50 years. The crisis has pushed prices to an all-time high and could lead to further hikes in the price of bread, beer, biscuits and other basic foods.” Half Our Bees Have Died ! Half of America’s honeybees are now dead and gone! So, do not expect abundant fruits, nuts, and vegetable crops as they will drop to as little as thirty (30) percent of normal production, for lack of pollination! Per CBS - Sixty Minutes, Feb. 24, 2008. See: .http://WWW.cbsnews.Com/stories/2007/10/25/60min… Summation: Without grain, livestock cannot be fed. Without livestock there is no meat. Without bees, vegetables and fruit cannot grow. Without all three, a nation cannot survive.
My Question is, before this happens (its long past the question of when or if this will happen) what survival foods would you recommend stocking up on. Super foods come to mind, grains, nuts and seeds which can be stored also. But particularly which ones and why? Thanks for your help!!
Be joyous…
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I’m generally skeptical about the news when it makes proclamations like this. It sounds like fear-mongering from the Republican-Right-Pro-Fossil-Fuel crowd to me. “We’ll all starve, if we don’t continue to use fossil fuel!”
I wouldn’t worrytoo much. A lot of people make a lot of money out of providing food, too. They have a vested interest in continuing to do so.
WOW, thank you all for the great replies! I would like to try to answer most of you. I think deborahann had a great reply based on my question. Most everyone else went on a tangent. I specifically wrote, “be joyous” at the end for a reason. Im not here to scare anyone, I am here to inform everyone. If a volcano burst out smoke and I come and tell you the volcano is erupting soon so you might want to do something about it, responding with “hey think positive” is a little strange to me. I am thinking positive! I’m positive that the volcano will erupt and I’m also positive that informing you would be a good thing ( I am also positive that eating meat is the main problem! Watch the movie “Eating”. thanks Zoe). I am growing in my back yard a variety of food and I do buy organic and local, My question though is what particular foods in such a matter would be good for survival. thanks
Sorry, I have not been here for a while. this is awsome information. thank you. I just purchased large portions of alfalfa seeds, sunflower seeds, garbanzo beans, figs, pistachios chia seeds, hemp seeds, goji and more. I think I will definitely be srpouting these and others. I also think algae is a good idea. I am most impressed with a form you can buy called irish moss. very popular in my home land, Jamaica. It is bought dehydrated and stores for many years. thanks again.
I have a banana tree, papaya tree, growing, I am looking into other things, I also have sunflower growing. sweet potato, squash and something else which I have no Idea what it is. I guess I will find out sooner or later. bless
I would store any dry seed to sprout, and, of course, water!!
saraw – I really envy your berries!!!!
I have never grow greens indoor, but I would like to try with sunflowers or similar.