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Note from JWR:
I heard from a dozen readers that I was recently quoted by WorldNetDaily,
in an
article about food shortages. (The article misidentifies the location
of the Rawles
Ranch, but I don't mind keeping people guessing.) Food price jumps
and food shortages have a tendency to get into a self-amplifying cycle,
during times
of crisis.
Floods,
droughts,
and crop failures started the most recent cycle. But in my estimation it
will be sharply higher prices for fertilizer and fuel that will exacerbate
the problem.
The bottom line:
Be prepared for considerably higher prices and continued shortages in the
next few years. And, as I've previously noted, we can also
expect
many more civil wars and regional wars in the Third World, where higher
food prices have a tremendous impact on the poor. (Since food costs account
for the majority of the average annual income there.)
Here is request that I got from a journalist: Details magazine (men.style.com)
is looking to interview "men under 45 who live in urban or suburban areas
who consider
themselves
survivalists
and have begun stockpiling goods and preparing escape plans." Please contact
the writer Kayleen Schaefer via
e-mail or phone: (212) 630-3869. The deadline is Friday, August 1. All
of the usual OPSEC considerations
apply.
