Monday, June 9, 2014

Food, will it always be cheap?

I know most of us do not consider our food cheap, but when you consider what you pay for gasoline, mochas and movies, and the worth it actually is to your survival, it is very cheap.

But will it always be so cheap? Interesting Bible verse in Revelations states there will be a day when just a cup of oatmeal will be expensive. Could that really happen?

Our food supply chain holds less than three weeks of food at any given time. In other words, if the system breaks down all grocery stores would be out of food within a month.

Farmers are at their max capacity over farming the soil trying to keep up with the demand we currently have.

A huge amount of our food comes from the mid-west which depends on summer rains to keep us supplied with corn and wheat. As a matter of fact, all our food needs are dependent on rains and snow pack or in other words - our weather patterns. Have you noticed the change in weather patterns recently?

So we are very dependent on nature providing rain and snow to keep the food chain full.

How prepared are you for a three or five year change in the weather pattern?

A friend coming back from Russia told me there are no lawns, the lawn space is all garden produce.

Do you know how to successfully raise a garden?

Can you raise your own food?