Food Markets

[styky]

Hail Storms Damage Thousands of Acres of New Mexico Crops
http://www.kvia.com/news/31039511/detail.html

Food Prices Hit Record High in Indiana Farm Bureau Survey
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/201 ... /120510017

Minnesota Moms Threatened with Criminal Charges for Distributing Fresh Food from Local Farms
http://www.naturalnews.com/035826_Minne ... _moms.html

[styky]

2012 Global Food Shortage Emergency Crises - Start Storing Survival Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81XBKvU8KZs

[RedDog]

This topic has gone on for some time and I've no doubt said this, but I find myself backing up things near to my mother's insanity levels, be it toothpaste, dish detergent, deodorant. She has 12 boxes of Tide at home and I noticed she had 4 or 5 at the Florida condo. When there's a deal on she gets more and I find myself doing that now. I was stunned the other day to note the amount of cat food I've accumulated for example. If he had opposable thumbs and could work a can opener I could drop dead and he'd be good for months. My shortcoming is water and I intend to get a couple of the giant jugs at job 2 and just put them in the storage room. A few bottles of vitamin water on hand aren't going to go far in a crisis.

[styky]

This topic has gone on for some time and I've no doubt said this, but I find myself backing up things near to my mother's insanity levels, be it toothpaste, dish detergent, deodorant. She has 12 boxes of Tide at home and I noticed she had 4 or 5 at the Florida condo. When there's a deal on she gets more and I find myself doing that now. I was stunned the other day to note the amount of cat food I've accumulated for example. If he had opposable thumbs and could work a can opener I could drop dead and he'd be good for months. My shortcoming is water and I intend to get a couple of the giant jugs at job 2 and just put them in the storage room. A few bottles of vitamin water on hand aren't going to go far in a crisis.

You've not getting any younger and you know what they say about retirement income and cat food

[RedDog]

You've not getting any younger and you know what they say about retirement income and cat food

As Kate mentioned the other day, the cat's tuna (premium product from Tail Blazers) is twice the price of mine. He won't touch the salty human dreck I make sandwiches with. He prefers turkey with gravy though, not unlike me actually.

[styky]

Russia's Rostov Farmers May Have Lost 30% of Grains Due to Drought
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-0 ... on-drought

Millions of Grasshoppers Eating All Vegetation
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/06/ ... egetation/

[styky]

Downpour Wipes Out 1/3 of Minn. Farm Crops
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/06/1 ... rms-crops/

[styky]

Crops in western Ky. suffering due to drought

Read more: http://www.maysville-online.com/news/st ... z1yGkm7p5r

Storms, Hail Damage Some Crops in South Dakota

http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/a ... D9VFQLH82/

[styky]

Finally, a good excuse to scrap Canada’s farming cartels

Diane Francis Jun 22, 2012 – 1:28 PM ET
Canadians must hope New Zealand and Australia force Canada to scrap its protectionist supply management system for dairy, poultry and eggs before being allowed to join the coveted Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The Aussies and Kiwis have been upset with Canada over these agricultural subsidies for decades and are doing consumers in Canada, and the economy as a whole, a favor by opposing them.

Canada’s dairy, poultry and egg farmers belong to government-sanctioned cartels that keep out foreign competition with the help of tariffs as high as 300%. The government guarantees their success by setting a floor price. The result is monopoly profits and an estimate, by the OECD, that Canadians overpay $3 billion annually for these foodstuffs........................http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/0 ... g-cartels/

[RedDog]

I'd suggest $3B annually is seriously low ball. That might be each WEEK nationally. One need only walk into a Walmart in the USA to see the shocking price difference on things like dairy products, meat, chicken, eggs, etc. I pay 400% more for boneless chicken breasts than my sister or mother do and I feel filthy rich when I can buy 3 or 4 slices of real provolone cheese at essentially a dollar a slice.

[styky]

I'd suggest $3B annually is seriously low ball. That might be each WEEK nationally. One need only walk into a Walmart in the USA to see the shocking price difference on things like dairy products, meat, chicken, eggs, etc. I pay 400% more for boneless chicken breasts than my sister or mother do and I feel filthy rich when I can buy 3 or 4 slices of real provolone cheese at essentially a dollar a slice.

Best prices for Provolone slices is Costco.

[RedDog]

I let my membership go because I only buy mainly groceries and most of the portions there don't work for a one person household. I want a $1. mixed salad bag I'll eat all of, not a crate on a skid the size of my Smart car. A large Aussie shampoo lasts me a year. I don't want a pack of six. I won't live that long to use it.

I go with a friend once a year now for calcium and vitamin C tablets. That's about it. I have every tool I need and don't buy books anymore. I get casual cloths at Mark's where I can park at the door and not the next time zone prior to walking up to the till rather than lining up like cattle going to slaughter for a t-shirt or socks.

[styky]

Closer Look Reveals Vulnerability in Wheat Supplies
http://southeastfarmpress.com/grains/cl ... t-supplies

[Kate Shaw]

Time to riffle through the Book of Revelation and find which Horseman is riding with the balance of scales in his hand.

I am going to the States next weekend. I am taking a list. One thing I can buy over there that I cannot find here is SMALL CANS OF VEG. Everybody in Canada apparently has a family of 12. There are no single-sized anything available in my grocery stores, and food spoils before I can eat it all. I will also get small cans of tomato sauce -- not available here -- and detergent, batteries and cleaning supplies that do not have the punishing "eco tax" slapped on them over there.

I buy things I will use whenever I see them, because in my neighbourhood the odds that they will have anything I need when I need it are about the same as my odds of winning more than $10 in the Lotto.

[RedDog]

This is a continual problem - the size of retail portions. I can't consume that much and it goes to waste. There are a lot of single person households and not all of us have a freezer the size of the Titanic. Any sort of deal on meat requires a "warehouse pack" you can barely lift. Why is every jar of pasta sauce designed to feed a half dozen people?

The latest thing here that really upsets me is a phasing out of the bulk bun bins where I can buy one or two fresh buns a day. Store by store are scaling them back or removing them outright and what buns they do offer are kaiser rolls the size of a loaf of bread. Do I have to go to New York to get one or two proper ciabatta buns? They want you to buy a bag of 24 buns you need both arms to hold. I can't accommodate a retail volume like that.