No more wheat in U.S. government storehouse.

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Talk about ‘the last straw’…what is it going to take for Americans to wake up and see we actually ARE in a food crisis? While we as an ‘affluent’ nation do have some worldwide responsibilities to help the hungry, would someone tell me...

Tomato recalls and saving money

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Have you seen the prices of tomatoes in the store lately? Wow! Now that is AFTER they have been back on the market following a mass recall.  There is something wrong when produce, fresh, simple, whole produce gets recalled. It’s not like it’s a...

Low wheat inventory cause for concern

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In multiple articles across the news there is clear concern for the low wheat inventory.  The thing is, although wheat inventory is low for America, that’s not the only problem. There is nothing BUT wheat in reserve inventory.  You heard right. No cheese, no...

Grain and Food prices compel hoarding

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In a recent news article on ‘Bloomberg.com: Worldwide’ there is this breakdown of two categories of grain price increase: Milling wheat for November delivery on the Euronext.liffe exchange in Paris climbed 7.50 euros, or 4 percent, to 197.50 euros ($312) a...

Views differ on cause of rising food prices

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Several months ago, in fact almost a year ago, our household began to notice trends and almost foresee that there was a looming shortage of food even in the ‘civilized Western World’ or at best the signs of pending inflation of food prices.  It is no...

Food shortage and food prices – the long haul.

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In an April 7th, article of the New York Times, the author ends with these words after going down the list of causes both in and out of our control about the shortage of food: “But it’s not clear how much can be done. Cheap food, like cheap oil, may be a thing...

Wheat prices have increased, now what?

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There are many factors to the increase of wheat prices in America. Here are just a few: · We are now importing wheat – whereas we used to be wheat exporters. · We have paid farmers to switch from edible crops to ‘burnable’ crops for fuel · We are...