Food is the source of most of our problems?

Catrina
#1. September 5th, 2009, at 5:19 AM.

Have you been to the store lately? The prices are crazy. Back to bread and water…

pznbob
#2. September 8th, 2009, at 6:27 AM.

Hardly, food has been kept artificially low by the federal government in the US, with the exception of Milk which has a lobby and gives to politicians and is kept artificially high through graft and corrupt politics.

We pay less for food than almost any other country, including very poor ones.

Things have gone up because of fuel prices and greedy middle men, but our food prices are low, and as a % of income in the US they are extremely low compared to the rest of the world.

I have been around, try to buy pork or beef in any other country and even though the average income might be $70 to $250 a month, meat costs more there than in the US. Many people spend almost all of their income on food, and don’t do that well and go hungry.

No one who is sane and no other problem like derelict parents or reasons they can’t apply for government help as they are a fugitive or spend food money on drugs, has a problem getting food in the US.

robot_hooker2
#3. September 9th, 2009, at 2:32 PM.

We have plenty of food. If we didn’t, obesity would not be a problem. Farming locally and only allowing communities to consume food that can be grown or raised close to them makes as much sense as only allowing communities to have goods that are made close to them.

Sorry, no X-Box for you because you don’t live near Silicon Valley!

grandmac38
#4. September 12th, 2009, at 3:02 AM.

Maybe, but they wouldn’t be hungry.

Arcanum Noctis
#5. September 15th, 2009, at 10:10 AM.

Should we farm locally? Yes.

If our poorest communities had their own farms, would they still be poor? No.

UXB
#6. September 17th, 2009, at 9:43 PM.

Well if you really think that “FOOD” is the source of all of our problems then you should rejoice that we have global warming!

With global warming the growing season will be much longer and more food can be grown!

Of course turning corn into alcohol for an additive to gasoline doesn’t help the food situation either!

Maybe in America, the food money will go much further without paying for cable TV (TV is still free with an antennae, even with a digital converter,) without paying for a refrigerator full of beer, without getting so many meals from fast food places. Perhaps the food money will go further when people with limited income don’t buy the latest Ipod, expensive cell phones or the latest fashion accessory!

Maybe we only need people who spend their money more wisely!

troopshomebyxmas
#7. September 19th, 2009, at 8:16 AM.

No – food has never been cheaper, easier to procure or more plentiful. There is more in your local Kroger (etc) than people 50-100 years ago could have ever imagined.

The agri-business community has done a great job.

joe-dee
#8. September 19th, 2009, at 8:28 AM.

If our poorest communities had their own farms, they would still be poor, but able to fend for themselves. But there is also greed, and the hope that does not cause a negative to their surroundings.
I think we should help them out.
I think we should give them means to make things work for them, and a little education to keep the food chain positive.
A strong community, kind of like the Quaker community without the religion and very odd beliefs.