http://millennium-ark.net/NEWS/08_Food_Water/08_Food_Water_Index.html
And at many other sites.
Those of us with sensible habits have been doing this for the last 25 years. Especially those of us who came out of university into the Nixon Wage Price Freeze and segued into the Carter Recession, and lived on grass and rain water until Reagan became President.
Of course, now we have the Feed Me Generation who think food grows in the cupboards.
Good excuse to go shopping!!!
How has the government managed to screw up so much so fast?
time to start a victory garden
The headline completely misconstrues the point of the article. The WSJ isn’t saying hoard food because we’re all going to starve to death ... its saying bulk food (like oil reserves or gold) will be a good financial investment in the near term.
Good grief.
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Something all Americans should do anyway. Just be sure to rotate so you don’t have to waste.
“Load Up The Pantry”
Already done. I believe that I have foodstuffs for a year, but possibly not enough ammo.
We have the greenies and the newest messiah Al Gore to thank for this. It has taken years for the green movement to destroy the food supply, they are now successful. They prefer a world with no humans.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006668/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006613/posts
Load Up the Pantry (time for Americans to start stockpiling food) - 167 replies
In my area of the midwest, most farmers fields have been replaced by big new subdivisions of homes. I’ve been saying this for years now, there will be no crops if there are no farmers left!!
Load up the pantry? How silly.
The REAL solution is to carry it closer than the pantry. I carry mine around the waist.
All the rest of you have to run to the pantry, I can just carry on!
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