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Global food supply is a growing problem
Telegraph (UK) ^ | June 8, 2008 | James Hall

Posted on 06/08/2008 5:19:22 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

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Food inflation overstated in the UK? I'd like to hear that argument.
1 posted on 06/08/2008 5:19:23 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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I’m growing my own. And just in case this crap happens here, I am armed to the teeth.


2 posted on 06/08/2008 5:21:05 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

The Liberals see their cherished man-made global warming hoax coming apart. Global food shortage is just the next piece of sky that these Chicken Littles want to stir up the masses with.
There is no global food shortage other than those that are orchestrated to advance global socialism.


3 posted on 06/08/2008 5:24:58 PM PDT by BuffaloJack
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Maybe the Irish can teach the Brits how to grow potatoes.


4 posted on 06/08/2008 5:27:52 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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To: P8riot

Yep us too. I am planning to can as many tomatoes as I can. We can live on homemade pasta and tomatoes for a very long time and by varying the spices can make a vast array of different sauces. I have around 30# combined of several different flours in the freezer but it’s mostly Semolina. If I were braver I’d try dehydrating eggs but think I’ll just take my chances with being able to afford eggs. DFIL has chickens so might get lucky there.


5 posted on 06/08/2008 5:28:23 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Global food supply is a growing problem....

thank albore!!!!


6 posted on 06/08/2008 5:29:23 PM PDT by nyyankeefan
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Global food supply is a growing problem....

Home gardens are a growing solution.

7 posted on 06/08/2008 5:32:04 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: chris_bdba

I put in a 10,000 (yeah 100ftx100ft)vegetable garden this year, in addition to the chickens, rabbits, and the steer we are raising. Goats for milk. We’re OK.


8 posted on 06/08/2008 5:33:58 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

The intellectual wizards down at Newsweak have already come up with the solution to this problem. EAT BUGS!!!


9 posted on 06/08/2008 5:36:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (De-Globalize yourself !)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Better get one of these, just don`t tell algore I said so:

Johnson CO2 Generator
Fertilizes greenhouse air - easy and inexpensive to install

http://www.johnsongas.com/industrial/CO2Gen.asp

..


10 posted on 06/08/2008 5:39:35 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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I’m a big advocate of creating enormous aquafarms.

Pontoons with descending nets, away from the coasts so they don’t create a pollution problem. Hatchery fish are raised in the net, with aeration and water cleaning done by the current.
They gain slightly more weight than the fish food they are fed.

20 or 30 square miles of such aquafarms could provide the vast majority of the fish consumed by a nation like Japan. And because there are no practical limits to the size or number of such farms, fish could become the dominant protein source in much of the world.

It would also take much of the pressure off of many endangered fish species. On top of that, “charity” fish breeding can be done to rapidly restore wild populations.


11 posted on 06/08/2008 5:40:20 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Well let's see. Rhodesia once was a major source of food for Africa. As was South Africa.

Seems like once socialist leftists take over they need to import food while they blame whites.. Europeans ... Capitalists...

Seems like Capitalist Free Enterprise Nations are the only ones that grow their own and can export.

Any pattern here?

12 posted on 06/08/2008 5:44:01 PM PDT by drc43 (US won despite us... NOW what?... Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Oh! that’s great!


13 posted on 06/08/2008 5:45:33 PM PDT by andyandval
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and to add to your intelligent post I would like to add....

Gee, thanks all you environmental, tree hugging freaks..Once again, your emotionalism has hurt people immensley...ala Rachel Carson and her Stupid Spring!


14 posted on 06/08/2008 5:47:07 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WE NEED A TROOP SURGE IN CHICAGO !)
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15 posted on 06/08/2008 5:53:57 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: andyandval

“Improve plant quality - Increase production” !!!

Get your CO2 generator before they are illegal :-)


16 posted on 06/08/2008 5:55:24 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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To: BuffaloJack

There will only be significant food shortages it the socialist start tinkering with the markets.


17 posted on 06/08/2008 5:57:39 PM PDT by Red Dog #1 (Up is down and down is up...)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Normally there are approximately 300 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere; when this level is increased to over 1 ,000 ppm, results are higher production and better plant quality.

This is awesome...LMAO!

18 posted on 06/08/2008 6:01:33 PM PDT by andyandval
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To: DeaconBenjamin

It’s obvious that we need a food tax to discourage eating. /s


19 posted on 06/08/2008 6:04:46 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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food supply is a problem because we keep burning it to make ethanol!!!!

The lefty nutbags don’t want us to burn any fossil fuel for fear of destroying the planet. But they are happy to burn up the food to destroy the lives of the third world.

Hey, at least we are clear on their priorities.


20 posted on 06/08/2008 6:09:45 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 2008)
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