The Food Shortage Solution in Your Own Backyard
While the global food systems we depend on come under increasing strain, there’s a solution to the growing crisis that most Americans can find in their own backyards–or front lawns.
A confluence of crises—lockdowns and business closures, mandates and worker shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation, sanctions and war—have compounded to trigger food shortages; and we have been warned that they may last longer than the food stored in our pantries. What to do?
Jim Gale, founder of Food Forest Abundance, pointed out in a recent interview with Del Bigtree that in the United States there are 40 million acres of lawn. Lawns are the most destructive monoculture on the planet, absorbing more resources and pesticides than any other crop, without providing any yield. If we were to turn 30% of that lawn into permaculture-based food gardens, says Gale, we could be food self-sufficient without relying on imports or chemicals.
Russian families have shown the possibilities, using permaculture methods on simple cottage gardens or allotments called dachas….
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The billionaire class and Wall Street are creating the food shortage. Food can be exported from Ukraine the same way the refugees went into Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and Romania. Harvest time was in September. That grain was mostly already exported before the beginning of the war. Even the "independent media" is falling for those BS explanations for shortages and inflation with no deep investigation or even critical thinking.
Growing your own provides you with excellent food and fights against industrial agriculture and Wall Street manipulation.
I did not know that Russians produced 59% of meat on dachas but keeping chickens and/or ducks is easy and fun. Another fun and interesting food hobby is keeping bees.
At 15000 lb/acre (half commercial yield) and 3/4 water. I'd spend a year of hard work to get enough calories for 2 adults for 13 of today's low energy days. For balance, I need some oil to make fried eggs. And a multivitamin, careful attention to individual needs and ignoring the other non nutritional reasons we choose our foods such as taste and tradition. And social: after first year put in a lawn? Can't usually grow same crop in same place year after year. The bags should work if left top open for sun and water, but smaller area fewer plants less yield. In back yard may solve problem of stealing, but is even more work. And what do you do in front?
Giving you a bank analogy, let the food be grown by a well regulated but costefficient Big Ag, eat balanced and eat less.