[Mad Dawgg]

"If it was me I would deal with a private farm or ranch to supply me with food, then contract with others to supply other needs."

I live in a town of 6 thousand people. There are maybe 3 commercial farms big enough locally that can produce more food than they need to eat for a year. FDA tells us the average commercial farmer can produce enough food to feed 125 people for a year.

I will be generous sand say they can produce 3 times higher than the average. And that is of course when they use gas powered machinery to farm. (We will assume the farmer has his own personal oil well and refinery and a perpetual motion machine to run it so he can produce his own fuel to run his farm machinery on)

So our local commercial farms can produce enough food in the year after the economy collapses to feed 1200 people. What will the farmer do with your gold bar when a couple thousand hungry people show up at his farm wanting food? Do you think he has enough guns and ammo to chase them away? If he doesn't does he then give them food or risk dying at the hands of a hungry mob. If he decides to give the food out then what is your long term deal worth?

[Partisan Gunslinger]

I live in a town of 6 thousand people. There are maybe 3 commercial farms big enough locally that can produce more food than they need to eat for a year. FDA tells us the average commercial farmer can produce enough food to feed 125 people for a year.

I would move! lol Where I live, I have friends that farm and own cattle. There is a winery within 5 miles that grow their own grapes. I have a friend that builds guns from scratch. I have a friend, part Indian that is an expert hunter, and a lot of friends that deer hunt and make their own deer summer sausage. I don't own physical gold yet but when the time comes I will start to build a network. I agree it won't be as easy as having gold bars in your house and then waiting for collapse and then just throw gold bars around, there will have to be pre-networking done.

So our local commercial farms can produce enough food in the year after the economy collapses to feed 1200 people. What will the farmer do with your gold bar when a couple thousand hungry people show up at his farm wanting food?

I think he'll take my bar and make a deal with me, then send the others to the reincarnation of FDR, whoever that will be.

Do you think he has enough guns and ammo to chase them away?

Did they in the Great Depression?

If he doesn't does he then give them food or risk dying at the hands of a hungry mob. If he decides to give the food out then what is your long term deal worth?

We will defend what is ours. The rest will go to government as their savior like they always do. Yeah it may resemble a serfdom for a while. That's the way it it go if it comes to that.