It seems we have a global food crisis. Of course, I won’t worry too much as long as Cadbury’s milk chocolate with fruit and nuts stays at 2-for-$1 at my local cheap grocery. Mmmm. We First-Worlders aren’t living off of tiny portions of rice and beans, so maybe it’s not hitting us as hard as it is in Haiti. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to store some extra pantry items away. There are plenty of businesses that specialize in emergency food supplies and food kits. Better safe than sorry.
Hopefully it will never get as bad here as it is Haiti. I mean, they’re eating “mudcakes” in Haiti, baked in the sun. Can this be any further from our own reality?
Many of us in the U.S. are grumbling about inflation though. Mostly it’s about gas, but some of us are noticing that getting this-week’s-groceries are setting you back much more than a few years ago.
Inflation chips away at our wealth and destroys our quality of life, yet we are taught that it is a normal part of life. Like when an old-timer reminisces about $.15 cent bread and penny-candy, and we respond like, “of course everything gets more expensive over time.” Like, “of course the sun sets at night and rises in the morning.”
Of course we have inflation. It has always been and will always be. We’re so conditioned to accept inflation; I doubt many of us could imagine a world with it.
My opinion? (I’m glad you asked.) In a nutshell, think inflation is an insidious evil perpetrated on the ignorant masses in order to benefit a few (i.e. politicians, government programs, bankers, etc). If you don’t fall into any of those categories, consider yourself one of the “ignorant masses.”
Back to the food crisis. If you’re not interested in buying emergency food supplies, there is one sure way to avoid a food crisis for yourself: Grow your own food. And then maybe you can sell me some fresh-baked bread for $.15 a loaf. Deal?
Best,
Mels
