US Food Riots Closer Than You Think 
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US Food Riots Closer Than You Think
By Robert Felix
I spent about thirty years working in commercial agribusiness. My
main job was to purchase ingredients, mainly grain, for flour mills
and animal feed mills. As a part of my job, I was forced to
understand the US food supply system, its strengths and weaknesses.
Over the years, I became aware of some things that nearly all
Americans are completely unaware of. I am going to make a list of
statements and then you will see where I'm going.
-- 1% of the US population grows all of the food for all Americans.
-- Nearly all Americans know essentially nothing about where the food
they eat every day comes from. How it gets from the ground to them.
And they don't want to know about it. It's cheap, as close as their
local store, and of high quality. So no worries.
-- The bulk of the food we eat comes from grain. Although they raise
a lot of fruits and vegetables in California, Arizona, Florida,
Oregon and Washington, those things don't compose the main part of
the average diet. Half of what a meat animal is raised on is grain so
when you eat meat you are really eating grain. And, of course, we eat
grain directly as bread, bagels, doughnuts, pasta, etc. Milk (and
milk products like cheese) comes from cows that eat grain. A lot of
grain. And the grain they eat is not produced where the cows are
located.
-- The lion's share of grain produced in the US is done in a
concentrated part of the US Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
is the center of this area). The grain is moved to the coasts (where
70% of the population live) by only TWO (2) railroads.
-- Nothing is stored for very long in a supermarket. One day grain
travels (by rail) from Kansas to Seattle to a flour mill. The next
day the flour mill makes the flour and sends it to a bakery. The next
day the bakery makes it into bread (and other baked things) and the
next day it is at the store where it is purchased that day. Nobody
stores anything. The grain is produced and stored in the Midwest and
shipped daily in a single railroad pipeline to the rest of America
where the people live.
-- Up until the 1980s there was a system that stored a lot of grain
in elevators around the country. At one time, a whole year's harvest
of grain was stored that way. But since taxpayers were paying to
store it, certain urban politicians engineered the movement of that
money from providing a safety net or backup for their own food supply
in order to give the money to various other social welfare things. So
now, nothing is stored. We produce what we consume each year and
store practically none of it. There is no contingency plan.
Now for my take on what this means for us.
-- If a drought such as has lingered over other parts of the US where
little grain is grown were to move over the grain-producing states in
the Midwest where few people live, it would seriously damage the food
supply of the country and the apples of Washington, the lettuce of
California, the grapefruit of Florida and the peanuts of Georgia
won't make up the difference because grain is the staff of life and
most of it is grown in the Midwest.
-- Americans are armed to the teeth. In LA people burned down their
own neighborhoods to protest a court case.
--In order for riots to break out the whole food supply doesn't have
to be wiped out. It just has to be threatened sufficiently. When
people realize their vulnerability and the fact that there is no
short term solution to a severe enough drought in the Midwest they
will have no clue as to what they should do. Other nations can't make
up the difference because no other nation has a surplus of grain in
good times let alone in times when they are having droughts and
floods also. It takes two or three months to raise grain, yet people
have to eat usually at least once a day, usually more than that.
So, basically, we have in place a recipe for a disaster that will
dwarf any other localized disasters imaginable. The important thing
to note is that there is no solution for this event. There is no
contingency plan for this. People living in certain parts of the US
will fare better than others (which is another story) but those who
live in big cities, where most of the US population live, are done
for. The only people who know about this are those who are involved
in the production and distribution of the food supply and there are
very, very few of them number-wise. And most of them haven't put two
and two together yet, either.
It's likely too late for the government to do anything to prepare for
such an event, so it probably won't do any good to try to lobby them
for a solution. If they hopped right on it they could store up enough
grain to be ready, but they won't. They're more concerned with urban
political issues and invading other countries than they are about
preserving the security of their own food supply. I guess the people
who could prevent it have bunkers so that they can hide in when
the 's' hits the fan.
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- Re: US Food Riots Closer Than You Th... YourEnchantedGardener
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This is a reply to # 1,027,468
9:45 PM
October 23, 07
Thanks for sharing this.
Kinda prophetic.
That's why I am always writing about
"The Comeback of Joe the Farmer"
on my Blog.
We need true Earth Based Homeland Security.
The Enchanted Garden Teaching goes:
Be intimate with the person growing your food.
Garden. Know the Farmer growing the rest of your food.
Of course, this is the ideal,
but until we make this kind of switch in thinking
and grow at least one grain in a Portable Mini Enchanted Container Garden
most of us will not make the connection.
It is important that Kids understand
how grain grows, and food.
It is important to grow some of our own food
just because it is an enlightening experience.
IT helps get out of the dark.
I am thinking a lot about the raging fires
we are having out here in San Diego.
No one stops to think about how we build
and where we build.
A lot of this burning land would be better used
with local organic farming, and community gardens.
Nature will always do its thing.
We are part of the thing that nature does
for better or worse.
When we wise up, we will do as you suggest,
get in touch with how our food grows and
start growing a little bit ourselves wherever we live.
Leslie
Plant Your Dream Blog
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This is a reply to # 1,027,559I love your name, Enchanted Gardener. I am a city girl that became a country girl. Yet, this country girl has so much to learn. During the past three years, I have had a garden, growing tomatoes, greens, squash, and such. This year, I told myself that I was too busy. And I'm sorry I did. In any event, I really know very little about growing things and I came across those horrible green tomato bugs and things like that.
I would love to subscribe to your blog.
Luella
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This is a reply to # 1,027,468
Here was a sobering article from this morning's
headlines on surviving climate changes.
http://www.rense.com/general78/surv.htm
I think we have been slowly preparing here
for these kind of changes for years but it
is difficult to imagine the reality of it.
I try to keep my inner talk on the BEST case
scenario however, and remind myself that I
will attract energetically what my thoughts
dwell on. Releasing fear is the first hurdle
and then actually preparing mentally and
spiritually are the proactive ways I am
dealing with the uncertainty of the future.
During Hurricane Rita we got a taste of what
the article you shared addresses though and so
I would also encourage folks to not ignore the
need for some plan. When the power goes down
you will not be able to go to a store and buy
anything since the cash registers are run on
electricity and they will not even take cash
for anything. I watched an old man during a
blackout try to exchange a ten dollar bill
for a small bottle of cough syrup for his sick
wife. His offer was rejected. It was a sobering
reality that emphasized that one needs to have
a way to meet one's needs for weeks if necessary
or longer if the sheet really hits the fan.
I am sure I am not alone in going to sleep each
night wondering what the morning news will bring.
I am also sure I am not alone in hoping for the
best and praying to that effect...
blessings,
Zoe
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This is a reply to # 1,027,750Zoe,
That was indeed a sobering article. I, too, try to keep myself spiritually in tune in order to create a more joyous and paceful life. If we could just break through this illusion knowing how to indeed change our reality. Yet, we were put here in human form to play by the rules and learn lessons. That woul be a very hard one to learn.
Your solution is the best. Pray, meditate, live in love, peace, and harmony. But be prepared.
Hugs,
Luella
- Re: It's all about viable Seeds YourEnchantedGardener
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This is a reply to # 1,027,7509:15 AM
October 24, 07
Thanks for the link, friend Zoe.
I read it.
I am prepping for the Enchanted Garden 2007-2008 Campaign
that will get a good start at this year's Pacific Symposium '07
in a couple weeks.
The power is in our seeds, not gold or paper dollars.
We are natural seed growers by nature.
Most human beings grow seeds naturally
inside our bodies, the key is becoming familiar
with how all the other seeds grow.
Please take a look at the work I have been doing
for a couple days here, and check out the
Enchanted Garden Project:
Rebirth the Earth: Simple Things I Can Do
the link is on this link:
//www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=1027764
As LuellaMay says in her insightful sharing above,
this has been a long time coming.
I started thinking about this 30 years ago
and taking steps.
One of the most important things to realize
is that there is a part of each of us that is
on-going--the Soul.
The Soul is the equivalent of a Seed,
and the Earth is the equivalent of the Womb.
So let's make the most of the opportunity
to have the Soul grow now and here through
making as much fertile soil as possible
and learning from Plants how to grow ourselves.
My approach to food storage and the fears that come up
around this is to make friends.
We live near the border.
In Spring I was giving away five boxes of
organic locally grown produce from Noel Stehly
to the kids in Tecate at a World Environment Day.
My bioregion includes those who live on the other side
of the border.
The key is creating as many gardeners and farmers now.
Kids love to garden. They need to be reached young.
The Enchanted Garden Teaching goes:
Friendship is a river than knows no borders.
True home land security needs to be earth based.
It can only be based on human kindness and helping the other
person get back to the earth.
Our Soul Nature will keep giving us opportunities to learn to
be kind to each other and to live in harmony with Mother Earth.
That is what the Curezone is about....educating.
California is leading the way as far as going green in many respects.
I like our governor giving $5000.00 to any school that wants a garden.
It is a great time to be alive
even with all our aches and pains,
and we are all going to have some difficult days
as well as good days.
In friendship,
Leslie
Plant Your Dream Blog-
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This is a reply to # 1,027,796Enchanted Gardener,
Not only do I love your name, but I love your philosophy. How beautiful. You have acquired one fan. I will read your blog, follow it, and incorporate it.
Thank you,
Luella
- Re: It's all about viable Seeds Zoebess
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You are sooo right Leslie~~when my daughter was little,
we would plant gardens together just like I was taught
to do. My mother grew up on a farm, the oldest of six
kids, and they had a fruit and veggie stand out in front
of the farm at the highway. It really warmed my heart
to go visit my kid and see she had a garden which she made
all on her own. Ha~! her fiance's family also owns
greenhouses so perhaps her love for gardening also
helped her find love too...ggg.
I have been checking in on your blog. Prayed for you
the day you were stressing the most it seemed about
catching up on your finances.
I think about these times when people in the south
are on a water ban and are unable to water their lawns
and gardens because of the drought and so I would also
emphasize the importance of growing and using sprouts.
Heck, you can grow sprouts in a jar inside of your car
on the road if need be.
Here we had so much rain in the beginning of the summer
it swamped the gardens. Still, the neighbors and I share.
Absolutely community is also important to grow so you
have a sort of *tribe* or people you can depend on to
come together when times get rough. My neighbors and I
share a lot. They had lots of extra pears this year, I
had grapes. We trade and give away what we cannot use.
Also, I find growing and harvesting and then cooking
with intention makes my food feel nourishing and
healthy for me. This morning I just bagged up 11 quarts
of the finest homemade soup, to freeze, that I've made
in a while. That everything is going up in price really
makes me pay more attention to avoid waste and to make
the best of what I am able to grow and find.
I wish you the best with your projects and in holding
the loving space out there in the west. You are an
inspiration~~!
many blessings,
Zoe
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- Re:We have so much YourEnchantedGardener
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11 AM
October 24, 07
in the History of Peace on Earth
Zoe, thanks for checking in on me.
It has been a difficult summer with decluttering
and getting in touch with so many core issues.
I think these times are all about finding our foundation.
A lot of my most recent learnings have been
about having our Ground of Being be the World Wide Web of Life
rather than the Computer.
I feel there is a pressing need.
Yes, we can be on the Web.
It is a good thing because we can communicate
and enlighten and get the Tribe together as you say.
We can connect with the ones we dream with.
I just heard from an old friend who I have not heard from
in more than 15 years. The fire brought him out and he
was checking up on me. I have the same phone, he reminds me.
I just blogged on him.
A part of me returns from the past.
We all rise up from the ashes.
"Also, I find growing and harvesting and then cooking
with intention makes my food feel nourishing and
healthy for me. "-- Zoe
I like this part of your sharing.
The more we live with full five senses, the less we need.
Everything is so much more intense. We can eat less
when we taste more.
Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener,
sees and plant seeds of success for
super ripe people and their dreams.
http://www.Lesliegoldman.com
Plant Your Dream Blog:
//www.curezone.org/blogs/f.asp?f=92&t=48963.45
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- Re: US Food Riots Closer Than You Th... LuellaMay
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- Re: Barley Growing here YourEnchantedGardener
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This is a reply to # 1,027,468
11:15 AM
October 24, 07
Barley harvest in my backyard this year.
Barley is easy to grow, and reminds us
to get in touch with the natural elements that
grow all seeds.
Your EG
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