Posted on 07/19/2019 12:12:25 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
I know that this headline is alarming, but it is actually a direct quote from a notice that was recently posted in a Kroger supermarket. And as you will see below, similar notices are being posted in the canned vegetable sections of Wal-Mart stores nationwide. I would encourage you to examine the evidence in this article very carefully and to come to your own conclusions about what is happening.
At this moment, social media is buzzing with reports of shortages of canned vegetables all around the country. But so far, the mainstream media is being eerily quiet about all of this. Is there a reason why they aren’t saying anything? For months, I have been reporting on the extremely bizarre weather patterns that are causing crop failures all over the planet. But I certainly did not expect that we would already begin to see product shortages on the shelves of major U.S. supermarkets this summer. What I am about to share with you is shocking, but the truth needs to get out.
For those that share my articles on your own websites, I know that all of the images in this article are going to be an inconvenience, but it is imperative that you include them when you republish this article because they tell a story. All of the images are taken directly from Facebook, and they prove that we are now facing a nationwide shortage of canned vegetables.
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Canned vegetables (and soups for that matter) have way too much salt in them.
Read the label. Under Sodium. Usually it’s anywhere from a 3rd to 2/3rds of the daily recommended allowance. And that’s ONE serving.
Eat a whole can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup? All the salt for two days! A can of Del Monte Green Beans? Enough salt for the whole day. And to top it off, many people will ADD salt while cooking, and then more at the table!
Beware. High blood pressure results from too much sodium. It is a killer.
I grow my own vegetables and freeze, or buy frozen veggies. Boil bones (like chicken, turkey, ham) for stock. Don’t add salt, and then freeze.
All my vegetables are fresh or frozen.
My chicken soup starts with a whole organic chicken, and blossoms from there.
I RARELY eat out, maybe once per month.
I buy fresh, whole foods and prepare meals at home. And I take the leftovers to work for lunch. Or, prepare a batch of cutlets to put atop my salad, dressed in ONLY organic EVOO.
I’m tired of the intestinal disturbances that come from eating out, and tired of too much salt. And preservatives of all sorts.
It’s almost impossible to add too much salt when you prepare at home, because “too much” is STILL less that what prepared foods have. And all canned food.
Whole organic foods, prepared at home.
Just like grandad.
metmom:" I grew up eating canned veggies, and ***HATE*** them, especially the canned peas."
However, sounds like a good idea to stock up on other essentials, like rice, oats, flour, beans,
nuts (they freeze beautifully and keep indefinitely that way), pasta, and so on."
Consider the news source and check out the news source website, as he has an agenda to present,
but many posted responses on his website list price increases of 11 - 30% for canned products that normally are commonly used.
Several posters cite canned food shortages with printed announcements in frequently used food stores,
as well as almost bare shelves for canned goods and certain paper products.
Realize that Spring planting in the heartland (the source of much of our foods and grains) has been delayed
and thus harvest will not be as productive as normal, and will impact human, livestock, and pet foods.
Overcome your normalcy bias as this years weather has been unique: late Spring, flooding, shorter season crops planted, and cropland laid fallow.
Canned vegetables generally have a 'shelf life' of 18-24 months, however they are very good for food storage.
When selecting canned vegetables, select only those are fully canned;
avoid the 'easy open' pull tabs as they are unreliable for long term storage.
Be aware of nutritional and sodium content and any dietary or medical restrictions; consider planting a home garden.
OODA Loop
Hat tip to metmom and Duncan Waring !
BS
90% of all veggies are grown in CA or FL.
Here’s the “Crop Loss Map” from a site linked in the OP article http://iceagefarmer.com/map/
CA lost avocados and blueberries. FL mentions losses from hurricanes Irma and Maria, both were in 2017.
Veggies take 550-60 days to grow.
I know there’s was soy/corn loss in the Midwest but that has nothing to do with veggies.
Also note; Non of the pics or facebook posts have a year on the dates, just July - August. Could be years old and recycled. Our grocery store veggie aisles are full and the prices are the same as usual.
It will happen sooner or later. Just not today.
Also I figured a while ago that milk products would go up due to damaged farmland that grows animal feed.
Butter, cheese, milk -all up here, and less quantities of cheese. Cheese unopened in fridge keeps a long, long time. Can get a bit sharper. I’ve found cheese in fridge (unopened) with an outdate a year old. Still perfect.
Butter I freeze and use unsalted butter to make ghee - clarified butter, keeps a very long time, I pour into hot mason jars and it seals, and keep in cool dark place. I do not cook with oil, only ghee.
What is ‘ghee’, m’Lady?
I haven’t seen any shortages or price hikes.
Cook butter (best to use unsalted) melt on high, stirring, then cook very slowly, stirring fairly often, until no more foam, all solids are medium golden brown. Then strain (i use fine stainless steel strainer or even just pour carefully without straining) into hot pint jars and put hot lids on. Must be absolutely dry, I heat oven.
Of course if you ware just make 1 or 2 pounds, no need for the sealed jars. I make once I year, about 10-12 pints, that is the only oil I use. Better tasting and good for health; heated oil has a lot of health downsides.
Yum! Good to see you, old FRiend! I hope all is well.
PS - the strained out ghee solids are basically cooked milk solids, very tasty added to food.
True. I can only speak to the area in which I live on this topic, and can say that it was an unusually wet and cool spring and early summer here in N.E. Illinois (I'm about 30 miles SW of Chicago.)
In addition to the wet season, it as also cool which meant even if farmers could get seed planted, the chances of it germinating and taking root were small as the cold and water would've just caused the seeds to rot in the ground.
So many around here opted to not even try planting this year, cutting their losses as much as they could. Why waste the money on seed, fertilizer and incur wear and tear on the equipment when the seed wouldn't grow in these conditions?
BigTractorPower. This may interest you also.
Lots of wet muddy fields earlier this year, and even now.
Screw normalcy bias. It’s obvious that some store shelves will get a little skinny over the next few months, if not the next 12. Rising prices will encourage people to put more land into production, but the growing season is limited in most parts of the country, so I’m not sure how much new acreage can be successfully planted and harvested by the end of the year.
Also, the ethanol subsidies will create some reluctance to actually plant other crops.
Soy is used in lots of stuff, so the impact on the food supply could be more significant than you believe.
"Canned" vegetables always look so bland.
But the soups are colorful, and taste yummy.
I also buy canned tomatoes - whole or diced - and those are good starters for making my own soups. :)
Canned tomatoes
Canned soups
Canned vegetables
I have all three!
Plus cheap Wal*Mart rice. It’s not great but it is cheap.
I just don’t open the bags. People buy expensive dessicants - it’s easier to just buy more of their rice.
Grand Solar Minimum. I’ve been following the subject for several years now. We are in the beginning of solar cycle 25.
There is no such thing as man made global warming.
Here’s a guy who just learned about it recently and is sharing what he has learned in his research. Be sure to watch both videos. I have followed him and his wife for awhile. He’s a level-headed guy with common sense - and he’s a conservative. But, I repeat myself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgjjmnpYTqQ&t=127s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0j1-meMfo&t=14s
There were loads of fresh apricots at the store last week. Itmay just be that since we are at the end of the supply canned from last year’s crop, and this year’s crop is only now being beginning to be harvested, that this is simply the normal low point in the annual canned supply. Same for many crops.
Sounds like cottage cheese ...
Corn probably more so. They’ve been extracting different things from that for many decades.
But canned veggies are pretty much veggies, water and a little salt.
It’s golden brown and toasty.
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