Follow the bouncing ball of consequence….
(Via Daily Mail) Vegetable rationing could last for ‘weeks’, it was warned today, after Morrisons joined Asda to became the second major supermarket to limit sales of certain items.
Perishables like tomatoes, potatoes, cucumber and broccoli have been restricted to just two or three per customer in a host of stores up and down the country.
The crisis has developed in recent weeks due to soaring energy costs which have forced British farmers to switch off greenhouses as they desperately try to make ends meet – leaving a dearth of home-grown produce. (read more)
While it is prudent to remind everyone how fortunate we are to have Florida, California and Mexico for North American vegetable supplies, ie. no dramatic supply shortages, the energy price pressure being applied by Biden policy will lead to even higher consumer prices for all row crops.
18 months ago (Oct 2021), CTH first strongly recommended restarting victory gardens at home. The same recommendation only strengthens.
Green New Deal is you pushing up daisies.
Soylent Green
Eat your food ration waffers and don’t ask where grandma and grandpa went!
Should we feel sorry for China?
They have to import Soybeans from Brazil for cooking oil and meal for hog food.
We feed our pigs and chickens with local crops.
Greenhouses use CO2 generators to boost plant growth.
Our local farmers market we also see signs “grown in dirt’
Hydroponic is another short cut.
Doubt those gazing at empty shelves care about “organic”, “hothouse” or anything but the lack of fresh veggies.
Of course, most British housewives boil and overcook their veggies until all the nutrition is cooked out.
The undeniable decline in the UK seems to be directly proportional to the rise in free speech censorship. No surprise. Keep the masses ignorant and calm for as long as possible by censoring and distorting information.
However, the internet still provides access to the truth and CTH is a great example IMO. The ludicrous and impossible to sign contract that Ofcom monitored GB News presented to Steyn to censor him and force him to quit the quisling network seems to have backfired for the censors so far. His former GB viewers seem to have followed him.
“In its first hour online, the Monday Steyn Show stacked up a bigger audience than every one of GB News’s 6am-midnight Sunday shows combined.” (Steynonline)
More People in the declining West need to turn off MSM except for some shows like Tucker etc. if real political change can take place before it’s too late. Fixing the corrupted elections and other issues are also imperative but they won’t happen with an uniformed electorate (and RINO candidates like Romney and Mitch).
Direct links to good shows are always appreciated by those first thirsting for the Truth:
https://www.youtube.com/@MarkSteynShow/videos
A good author always remembers his audience’s needs first.
https://www.steynonline.com/
Agreed PB . sundance helped spread the word about Steyn’s GB News situation and I have occasionally praised CTH in his comment section.
Suggested reading on this very topic: “Agnotology, The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance” by Robert Proctor. It’s a handbook to creating an obedient and unquestioning populace via management and shading of information.
And Victory Rabbits and Victory Chickens
A blast from the past, Hover Hogs and chickens will this time around be FJB hogs and FJB chickens.
That’s next for me, and also DUCKS! Their eggs are larger, and contain high Omega-3 nutrients in them, which we all need. Easy to raise, and you can mix ducks and chickens. Lots of online info…
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/raising-backyard-ducks-a-fowl-proof-guide.67715/
Plus ducks are fun – actually make pretty good pets.
The DM article is sickening.
An honest gov. would be helping Greenhouse farmers w/ utilities so they wouldn’t have to shut them down.
A wise man once said “The absence of food changes things”.
Sounds like Tyson:
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
Just killed a steer this week and spent 3 days processing it. It ate all my vegetables for me so I’m set for a while.
New meaning to the term Veggie Burger 🙂
Save the planet, eat a vegetarian 😁😁
You know how Schwab and his cronies want us to eat Locusts? Are they suitable for those weird Veggies?
Mind you this being Ash Wednesday, we could all copy Jesus and John the Baptist and spend 40 days in the desert eating locusts and honey. It might solve the obesity crisis.
Not me. I’m a Lotos eater.
Betcha they’re tough and stringy … not to mention the odor released during cooking /s
Raise chickens.
You don’t really think they’ll let people keep their backyard chickens, do you?
After they’ve shut down all the commercial chicken farms, they’ll say “bird flu” has spread to private coops and require ALL chickens/ birds to be slaughtered. They don’t want us to be independent in any way. Bank on it.
And ducks. Big, luscious eggs, good meat, nice little critters!
https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/how-to-raise-ducks-in-your-backyard/
“Vegetable rationing could last for ‘weeks’, it was warned today.”
I think Nick before me was hinting about the fact that the wacky Netherlands gov’t hasn’t closed the 3000 farms yet. Suicidal madness.
Phosphorus for fertilizer in short supply causing fertilizer prices to soar. Is this true or a ruse created by the Deep State?
I ordered my seeds, sets and starts online today. Everything I wanted was still in stock. I will also get some things locally. March is just around the corner.
I’ve already stopped purchasing many out-of-season fresh fruits and veggies including tomatoes and cucumbers. They are now a luxury item.
No worries… the good people at the Government will soon send us coupons for Soylent Green.
And they will offer us a nice retirement place when we turn 66 1/2.
Hmm…
About 20 days ago the price for 18 eggs at my local Walmart was about $7.50.
About 10 days ago, about $4.50.
Yesterday, about $4.00.
$8.00 for Egglands large grade A, 18 count, in Paducah, KY. Where are you located?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Eggland-s-Best-Farm-Fresh-Large-White-Grade-A-Eggs-18-Count/51259531
Stupid people suffering the consequences of their stupid ideas and equally stupid politicians. Keep it up in America and canada and it will be the same.
I like Pinetree garden seeds or local big box stores for more common veggies. Don’t grow things that take up lots of space that are cheap and readily available like cabbage.
Frankly I could care less if the store runs out of cucumbers. Who eats those wax coated mushy things with lots of seeds? Summer cukes fresh off the vine that climb up a trellis can not be beat. Fridge pickles are easy and last most of the winter.
Get into “square foot gardening” in a small space if you’re just starting out.