WHEN is the food shortage supposed to happen?

Every year since 1998.

Don't think of it as The Boy Who Cried Wolf, think of it more like The Little Engine Who Could

1. soon 2. not short, non-existent.

Well Rice is supposed to be scarce this year because of flooding. Oranges were frozen. Flooding/storms in the breadbasket this year. Drought in California... and I know I'm forgetting some others.

Farms in foreclosure ....

Time to start a garden. People can raise rabbits for meat.

I'm starving now

And when is that Martial Law Alex Jones was always blabbing about gonna happen?

much longer than that, people been saying the same kind of shit for ever... only the internet has brought so many doom fools into 1 central spot.

no one knows, all that we do know is that food is going to run out and we are all going to die of starvation.

same with water and oil, and basically everything else we use.

Firstly the food is going to rise in price because of the severe weather last year, and its going to rise so much that ordinary people won't be able to afford the pricesYou can have all the money in the world but if you havent got food you got nothing, You have to get food in now before it's too late, we could be talking things about going to start happening withing the next few months

You can have all the $$$ AND food you want....if you can't defend and protect it, it's MINE!

Bring it on yank fucking muppett

ooooh, Hit a nerve, eh?

It's nearing the time now...

No need to keep us fed now...

Human's are plump, and plenty.

The harvest will begin soon.

Round up, Ground up, and served on rolls for all ourspaceship flying foes.

" NBF "

The " New Burger Franchise "

" To Serve Man "


Moo-oo

Must be a BRIT !

THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED, LOOK UP YOU REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH!


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i think it's going to be a culmination of MANY such events not one large one..

Ups and downs are expected from year to year, very normal.

Overall, things are within normal.

I sense the sarcasm coming from your piehole. Put your money where you mouth is and DON'T keep any around.

Things are normal, nothing to see, move along.

They are doing their best.

They have destroyed Calif agriculture for the year in the Central vally by turning off the water pumps to save...

.... a minnow.

Hunger...its a good thing.

you could not live on just rabbit meat.


There are several health issues associated with the use of rabbits for meat, one of which is Tularemia or Rabbit Fever.


Another is so-called rabbit starvation, due most likely to essential fatty acid deficiencies in rabbit meat and synthesis limitations in human beings.

Economically the bank crises affected farmers, leading to farmers unable to take out loans (which they all do each year to start a crop).

This puts a dent in the food resources.

Bad weather has taken out crops in various areas. Wheat and Corn was hit earlier last year and we are seeing the cost of that with a slight rise in all food at store.

We are already in a food shortage. The USA used to have about 6 month's supply of food laying about - extra grain, extra cheese, stuff like that. The Reserves have been emptied. At best we have 5 days supply of food in store.

We are at the point where the average home has less than a week's supply of food at any given time. Many don't even have a single day's supply. They buy per meal, or eat out.

With the economic crises, many have shortened up their stores, instead of being a couple of weeks ahead, they have been slowly reducing it to 'by paycheck'. Thus while in 1999 60% of the US population barely had 3 days of food (on average) at home, today its around 30-35% of the population with barely 3 days of food (on average).

Not too long ago (past couple three days) someone posted images of store shelves as folk rushed out to buy in front of the storm (Snow-megedon) The emptiness is something we are not used to, in part it is because folk do not have their week+ supply at home, and partially because stores across the country are not keeping as much stock.

The only reason why it is not a crises at the moment is because not many people are noticing, however in the months to come folk will start to notice that there is less food on the shelves and that may very well cause panic buying which could result in more empty store shelves.

We are at the cusp of a food shortage, and if the weather continues to be nasty long enough along with more economic doom, we could see 2010 being the year of starvation and famine in the USA and the western (industrialized) nations.

Sadly we have reached capacity when it comes to our ability to grow food. Further with all of the chemicals we used to grow food the soil is about to stop producing even with the fertilizers and such.

There are several exponential curves that are taking place at this moment, one is the population growth, the other is the decline of fertility in soils, another is the drop in our ability to master new technologies to meet current (forget future) population needs.

Water usage is at an all time high with places turning to ground water to supply crops. Unfortunately ground water is not eternal and in many places they are emptying the ground water reserves.

So 'soon' is about the best anyone can say.

Its not a matter of if, its just a matter of time before everything reaches critical.

So...I learn to use soybean then?!

According to the Club of Rome, about 25 years ago.

"When" depends a great deal on where. It has already started in many areas and will hit the remaining areas at different times. Get to know your local economy, politics, regulations, and the overall pulse of your local area. That will give you the best idea of "when" for you personally.

great post!

Judging by the current size of Americans, I would say a food shortage would be very helpful to the overall health of the nation.

since the food in your US stores are completely devoid of any real food I'd say it already started. But do keep in mind the shortage is manufactured.