Food Prices Are Soaring Further Into The Danger Zone!

Santiago, Chile

Last summer, two researchers from the New England Complex Systems Institute published a short paper examining the correlation between rising food prices and civil unrest. It was a timely analysis, to say the least. A number of food riots were occurring throughout the world, not to mention waves of revolution sparked by the high cost of food.

This is nothing new; throughout history whenever people have struggled to put food on the table for their families, social unrest has been a common consequence.

The French Revolution is a classic example; after decades of unsustainable fiscal and monetary practices that wrecked the French economy, the harvest season and subsequent winter of 1788 were particularly harsh. People went hungry, and it ultimately started the revolution.

The researchers’ analysis went a step further, though; they modeled the relationship between food prices and social unrest to reach a simple conclusion– whenever the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)’s global food price index climbs above 210, conditions ripen for social unrest.
Today, the FAO’s food index is at 213… and rising. Netherlands-based Rabobank recently published its own analysis, forecasting further rises in food prices well into the 3rd quarter of 2013.

There are so many factors driving food prices higher. From a demand perspective, world population is growing at an extraordinary rate… plus the rise of billions of people from developing countries (especially in Asia) into the middle class is quickening demand for resource-intensive foods like beef.

From a supply perspective, drought, soil erosion, and reduction of available farmland all put significant pressure on global agricultural output. And finally, from a monetary perspective, the enormous amount of paper currency being printed in the world is finding its way into agricultural commodities.


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Morning, Luis!!

Food prices are terrible. Either the prices keep increasing or the package size keeps decreasing.

Meat is set to skyrocket with the impact of the droughts on animal feed costs for farmers.

I just finished increasing the size of two of my vegetable beds and am considering building another.

If people can, they need to garden & teach neighbors to do so as well. Many of my neighbors are increasing their gardens & the others are starting to ask us for advice on how to build their own.

Thank you so much!

Thank you! To grow our oun vegetables or animals are the best choices... Jane grow moringa too!

Thread: MORINGA- THE MIRACLE PLANT. THIS IS A SURVIVAL PLANT AND WILL BE VITAL IN NEAR FUTURE!!! BANANAS!!!

Sometime after the election???


Possible middle east war
Worldwide collapse of the fiat currency system
Race wars
Plague
Famine

Etc. Etc. Etc.


Symptoms of sleep deprivation????.......or is this what is around the corner???

go fishing, it's free, relaxing, family good for ya!

I'm in rural PA and prices are lower than I've ever seen them when I used to live in the city. I think this problem is more about greed than about scarcity.

Not starting a fight, just calling it as i see it.

do u do that?

Yes i'm starting to grow moringa, and if everything goes fine, as the resistence to winter, i will plant how much moringas i can! I have allready 100 plants growing!

I just drink my cofee with moringa powder and it's so so delicious that you don't imagine!

dude i just went shopping up north yesterday in amish territory bc out by me - the prices are an ass rape.

Yes yes yes yes. We're also expanding our garden beds for next year. We get a harsh winter so no winter planting for us. We just preserve what we grew to stockpile for the winter. We're also turning the previously neglected front yard flower beds (flowers are just not my thing..) into veggie/fruit gardens. What is nice about the community I live in.. very few people don't have a garden in their yard. The farmer's market here is extremely cheap to help fill a few gaps too.

Just another suggestion for you. If you don't already have them, look into water barrels. I hate watering my garden with city water. I can't control what is in the rain really, but I know there's all kinds of crap in the city's water plus its expensive.

Mmmmmm walleye. Store bought fish will never compare to fresh walleye. Everyone concerned about prepping fish because it will smell.. fresh fish hardly smells at all.

I can see that. Prices are still somewhat reasonable in my area. Then again, I might just see it that way because I don't buy much.

We have done the same and we even have a community garden that all the kids tend to with the help of other adults. I live in a small community in Michigan and a lot of people are struggling but instead of social unrest I think it has drawn the community closer together. Furthermore, the food shortages of the Great Depression didn't end in complete social chaos instead like our small community it brought people closer together. Not everything has to end in social madness; have some faith in your fellow man.

I live here in North Central,PA and it has been raining for a week allready....The ground is soaked and if it keeps up will destroy the winter harvest too......WE ARE SCREWED!

You have to grow things in wood big boxes, covered by transparent plastic... then you can put the whater you want. The bottom is in plastic too, but with holes for the whater pass

#1 Combo at Whataburger with cheese, Texas Toast instead of bun, onion rings instead of fried: all whatasized with a large ice tea is nearly ten bucks! Used to be two bucks and change!

Go to Del Taco instead..

Three Tacos for one dollar on Taco Night..

Me too.

Safeway had milk 1.97 a gallon..
Bread, still one dollar..

Buncha stuff only one dollar during those dollar sales.. We find out cause I actualy get a NEWSPAPER. Theres sales. She has good eyes to spot em

I think you have a point. The community I'm in now is already heavy on gardening. The one my husband and I moved from wasn't. We visited family there not too long ago and found that now when the city tears down a condemned house they're building community plots in their place. It seemed like most neighborhoods had them and they were all planted and well tended. It was nice to see. Previously all they had was a very large community plot where they could rent space and the new plots are free.

Dont have them round here. Anyways I'm on a diet, still food prices are ridiculous.

Yup.

And the $40 BILLION/month Bernanke hyper inflation pump just started as well.

Hunger is going to be the new black.

We don't drink cows milk, every last one of us in this house is lactose intolerant. I want to say that last time I happened to catch a glimpse a gallon of milk was almost $3 here if you bought a brand name and about $2 if you bought the store brand. We buy Almond milk from time to time though and that runs about 1.97 a carton. That's the stuff I usually have coupons for and stock up on a bit when its on sale. I make all of our bread but flour has gotten a bit ridiculous. If I don't catch it on sale (when I'm not stocked up, I usually am through a local mill) I'll spend about three bucks for a 5lb bag. Yeast has gotten stupid expensive too. One of those tiny jars of yeast is about $7.00. I refuse to buy that. I bought a 2 lb pack of yeast through a local bakery for about $10 about six months ago. Barely put a dent in it despite using it all the time.

I get most of my stocking up done through newspaper sales too. :). Our local store puts out some pretty awesome flyers if you check the mail and bother to look. Knowing their policies helps too. I know my store will take one store coupon and one manufacturer's coupon. Makes for some really cheap stuff and you'd be surprised to find that many fresh food companies do put out coupons.

made out of what rats and stray animals ?

Caelan, yes its awesome everything youve done ! I was speaking to everyone in general about the newspaper cause it has value savings, esp local. It gives us heads up on events in our town and I like to go out .

The fliers have been cheaper then Walmart. The hunt is fun. Ive added a new freezer and fridge and we stock up..

I like the Almond milk too

For everyone that has a King Soopers. You can get Poweraids and Vitamin Waters for 67 cents on their value days...

BTW, I talk food and sales cause I majored in Marketing and I write product reviews...

I can talk food prices, ravioli, snack chips all day long..