Bookmark: The New Survivalism?

Bookmarking this article in the NY Times for future reference.
Duck and Cover: It's the New Survivalism, NY Times.
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According to the World Bank, 33 nations face social unrest after food and energy costs rose for six straight years. Bloomberg News.
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Food Crisis Being Felt Around the World. National Post. Riots in several countries, and countries worried about how they will feed their poor.
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Global Food Shortages Could Continue For Decades. Marketoracle.co.uk. This article also contains a chart issued by the USDA showing declining acreage devoted to food grains, while at the same time grain inventories are declining and world population is increasing.
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2008: The Year Of Global Food Crisis. Sundayherald.com (Scotland) special report. The increasing scarcity of food is the biggest crisis looming for the world, according to the U.N.'s World Food Program.
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Go to google.com and type in 'food shortages 2008'. This is not a little story, even though it receives scant coverage in this country.
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Laying in several months of food items that your family will actually eat is not only prudent, but in these days of price inflation for food items, is also a good investment. Gardening is not only good exercise and gets you outdoors, but the food you grow yourself is better than what you get in the stores.