I went to my local natural foods store today, and there were signs on the door and inside stating that there were supply issues. When I asked one of the employees about that she told me that they had been “hacked”. She added that other stores were experiencing the same issues.
This store only stocks organic produce.
A lot of the shelves were low also.
Perhaps it is time to start a garden, and if you have no land, then there is so much you can grow in pots. Additionally it is a good idea to start thinking about stocking non-perishables, Just in case
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I read where one of the main supply distributors for Whole Foods had issues. They probably supply many organic stores, not just Whole Foods.
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That’s pretty sobering… to experience supply problems with health-promoting foods…
Do you know of any local organic farmers, from whom you can purchase produce directly?
(We asked a couple of local farmers if they could fill up boxes of whatever they’re growing for pickup every two weeks – and they’ve been very accommodating. We also like to sprout during the winter, when quality greens are harder to access).
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Like others, I have been concerned about the lack of insect life. There are no bees around the bushes. The usual coterie of beetle warriors had dwindled to 2. Additionally, since I am restricted to growing in pots, I have found that the organic potting soil seems mostly to be composed of sticks. Also, the Miracle Grow organic soil i bought is composed of, among other things, “food processing waste” and “agricultural processing waste”. But not to worry, all of these have been sourced within 150 miles of this location.
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If you got the time for it, absolutely. In produce terms I am bad at it. Could not live whole year round which was the basic idea. But the effect working with your hands in the dirt is profound on so many levels. So, yes think about doing it.
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Gardens have to be done at scale. Most don’t have enough room. My 7k sq ft garden has done very little this year. Even if it were to produce well that size would supplement but would not sustain one person for a year - at least here in N Central TX. Most people only have room for what I call a ‘snacking garden’. The solution is small to mid scale local farms, cultivated relationships between farmer and consumer.
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Yes, I guess the good news here is our farmers mkt is flourishing & I try only to buy meat from farmers, not in the store. Where I used to live west of here in a small village, there were at least 2 farmers’ mkts & many families had put their lands into greenspace trusts. Dave Chappelle even bought up land then to preserve it, don’t know what he does now.
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"Where has all the produce gone
Long time passing
Gone to serve the Chicoms
Long time ago
Where have all the young bees gone
Long time passing
The bees are dying every one
Long time ago
Frankenfruit here on the shelves
Long time passing
When will we ever learn…"
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I saw a map of all the CHICOM owned land in the US. Looks like the entire lower central valley of CA is owned by them. When they cut off the water to the almond orchards etc the property owners had to sell out at deep discounts. Guess CHICOM swooped in and bought. There’s a large part of our veggie supply gone right there. They are doing something similar with alfalfa fields all over the southwest. Buy the land, use the irrigation water, raise alfalfa, send it back to China to raise hogs.
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We found John Kohler’s gardening (and juicing) insights helpful (and inspiring!) in our own journey.
He has explored just about everything: difficult gardens, container gardening, indoor sprout gardening…
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Gardening Tips: https://www.youtube.com/growingyourgreens
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Juicer Tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvFS1iY_1tBAncR6sHBkJg
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isn’t that called composting? food waste? and the agricultural waste? i can understand being somewhat sketical. but really, where do you think my dad put the garbage from the barnyard when he cleaned it out? on the fields waiting to be planted in the spring. and that is a common practice and has been forever.
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NPR tells you it’s okay. Canada owns way more
Yes, AnneKarina53! I was just visiting a WordPress site of a younger friend (who introduced me to Agenda 2030, who is intuitive & predicted the planscamdemic 6 yrs before it happened - based on her insights after watching the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremonies; she keeps an organic yard). She has clover everywhere & it reminded me - in my childhood, clover red & white was in everyone’s yard. I loved it! But then, my parents grew up in a small farm village & never went for a golf course style lawn.
info on the natural foods hack:
This is why there must be LOCAL producers, farmer’s markets etc., upon which we must be dependent… not waiting for the organics from cross state lines. There are great strides in improving soil which will increase production significantly (see Solari) so that this will be possible (PROBABLE) in the next few years. There are MANY things , good things, that are about to happen. You simply have to ignore all the noise.
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