Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2011

Oil Spike Good 4 Local Farmers #peakoil

Yes! Down with Corporate farming! Soon we will only be able to buy local in season items. The challenge will be for people who live in areas where local food is not an option.

If the price of oil continues to stay high, we are going to see much higher food prices and some forms of food production will no longer make economic sense at all

If the price of oil continues to stay high, we are going to see much higher food prices and some forms of food production will no longer make economic sense at all

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The price of oil may be the biggest factor on this list.  The way that we produce our food is very heavily dependent on oil.


The way that we transport our food is very heavily dependent on oil.  When you have skyrocketing oil prices, our entire food production system becomes much more expensive.


Source: NPR

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Global Food Crisis @chrislhayes #peakoil

How are the current global economic and food and water crisis different from before? #peakoil that's what.

20 Signs That We're Approaching A Global Food Crisis

empty shelves

It may not be today, and it may not be tomorrow, but it is going to happen.  Crazy weather and horrifying natural disasters have played havoc with agricultural production in many areas of the globe over the past couple of years. 

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