One bright spot in the global economic picture: worldwide financial collapse has led to lower food prices! From the Economist, the global food price index is down 16 percent from a month ago, and is essentially unchanged from prices a year ago.
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A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things, living in New Mexico
Ah but how much food is on hand When I was a kid, there was about 2-3 years of food (grains mostly) in storage that could take us through a crop failure Today, much less