By Del Mar Dial
I try not to be pessimistic as I like to find good in everything. However there is a time that one must be realistic and understand the situation that we are in and just where we might be heading. What does this have to do with food? What if I told you everything. We are headed into scary times as our government is printing money and really its not worth the paper it is printed on. Our money is not backed by the Gold Standard anymore. In fact its backed by our governments word which really is no different than Parker Brothers backing monopoly money if they chose to do such a ridiculous thing. The government is printing money at record paces, the problem with this short term gain is that we will see hyper inflation which will drive food prices higher, electricity, gasoline, etc, etc. Anything that we purchase will cost substantualy more in the near future. My crystal ball is broken so I can’t give an estimate on what the dollar value will be in 6 months to a year from now. I am worried now what the future brings tomorrow and you should be too.
Currently farmers in the area of Fresno California do not have water for there crops and the irrigation canals are dry. This has created quite a dilemma in the agriculture economy. The farmers have laid off farm hands as there will not be any new crops this year nor the next. The water dilemma is simply to protect Delta Smelt which is a small fish that is 3-4 inches. I love animals like anyone else but I love my fellow Americas more. I am not here to repeat this important issue as there are many articles out there, but to hopefully prepare people for what I believe will be the end result. Now not to go into a conspiracy theory but things remind me of Germany early 30’s or early USSR and here is why. To days government looks like early Germany because of GM, Chrysler, and Health Care. Russia, because who controlled the farms? Russian Government did. He who controls the food controls the people. It’s that simple. So what can we do about this?
Time to start spending money…Yes, I know you think I have lost it, but it’s time to spend that printed money. So where am I gonna get more of that printed money you may ask? Save by not going out as often to dinner or to the movies and time to go to the store and put that money towards canned food. How much food? How about a year supply for every member in your family. This is something that can take time to do, however the faster you do it the better, remember hyperinflation is coming and crops are not being grown, you tell me where the price of food is going to go? So now is the time!
This goes for water as well. Buy multiple 55 gallon plastic drums and place fresh water into them. Time to start stockpiling food and water. I don’t remember where I read this fact from and I am sure I could google it, we have in this country from food that is harvested to distribution to the consumer is 2 weeks total. So what does this mean….? It means we have 2 weeks of food in this country on hand. This is where having a food storage becomes critical.
How have I been blessed by having food storage? Well put it this way, I have lost a job in the past, in fact I went 13 months without work. I never signed up for Welfare and a big part of that was due to the fact we had food in storage. There has been times when I had a large sum of medical bills, and as a result we consumed a lot of our storage. We continue to restock and cycle old with new and its a continual process, but it is one that pays off in the long run. Remember cycle your food and water and replenish it when you can. The best part about this is, you will be prepared for a personal crisis or a national/global crisis.
