During my lifetime food in the U.S. has been pretty cheap. Self-sufficient farming has not been a winner, because of the economies of larger farms.
With the passage of HR2748/S.510/HR2751 FDA Food Take-over bill in the Lame Duck Session of the 110th Congress and signed into law by Obozo, that might change. It is at least a time to perpare for a big uptick in food prices. My feeling is it could be a 50% jump in produce due to that bill. And an uptick due to the high price of feed grain for products like: chicken, beef, pork.
Note- small scale production is excluded from much of the fees of the bill. Local production may again make sense.
We shall soon see.
Whoops! The deer out here on our place may be slated for the table; and they’ve lived out here for almost 25 years free as birds. - We’re thinking about getting some chickens for eggs. I don’t think I can manage goats at this stage in my life. So, it’s Provident Pantry storage milk I guess.