What will it be like, food shortages, scarcity and
famine?
That bowl of soup—it was dearer than
freedom, dearer than life itself, past, present and future.
-
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life
of Ivan Denisovich
You might think, say, “It will not happen here, in the
U.S. But then, it has happened before;
yes, this nation has survived more than one such period albeit the 1930s (Great
Depression) or much further back, the 1860s (Civil War) or still, the early
1800s (Solar Minimum).
Folks that experience food shortages, the basics or staples,
never forget the experience as more than once I have read of such memories
sometimes expressed as, “When you’re hungry all you think about is food.”
John L. Casey is among others who warn that the coming grand
solar minimum will greatly affect the food supply, production and
distribution. He elaborates as well on
preservation and protection; that in accounts of such times, homes and other
stores of food are looted—and any of lesser power or ability are dealt with on
a scale of savagery that is scarcely conceivable in “the civilized world”.
On occasion, I volunteer for Feeding Northeast Florida; a
non-profit that warehouses and distributes food over at least a five-county
area. By most standards, food scarcity
in pockets of both rural and urban settings are manageable; and moreover, many
children qualify under Title 1 for free meals at public schools. Present circumstances, while concerning
especially to those who are involved, simply don’t compare with hunger on a
world scale given underdeveloped countries, greed and graft and other conditions.
Still this Dark Winter is coming and preparation, given both
serious economic and environmental conditions, is very concentrated to those
who are aware and active.
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