This year the Midwest has a gigantic surfeit of corn, and while man may not live on corn alone, it is a really good start. And with minimal work, people can raise chickens, that usually like cracked corn or cooked corn.
And for a few years, potatoes have had a bumper crop as well, at the peak of the season selling for as little as $1 for 10 pounds. Likely they still have more deer than they know what to do with.
The best bet, which has been done before to great success, is to set up church food banks, which can take a lot of pressure off public food banks. By caring for their congregations, they might slash 20-30 people from the public food bank rolls. This matters a lot.
How much of that corn will go to ethanol and Splenda?
The whole thing is total b.s. The local tv station just had this “food insecurity” and “food desert” thing on my hometown of La Crosse, Wisc. If you go to La Crosse, I’ll guarantee you’ll see few starving wraithes standing on the street corners begging for a cup of gruel. You will see quite a few very “well-fed” citizens.