“Commodity professionals were caught off guard by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showing 1 million fewer acres of corn planted this year than earlier projected, and almost 300 million fewer bushels of corn in storage.”

This was reported in a recent article by Activist Post. Not surprising since everyday in the news, there is a problem with crop production in many parts of the world. Take your pick, wildfires in Russia, monumental flooding in Pakistan, low corn stocks in the U.S. Food prices are on the rise.

That’s why a growing number of Americans are storing food for their family. Some start out with 72-hour meal kits. Some store as much as 3 months of food for a family of four.

Follow these family’s lead and store food for your family today.

Shoppers may see the cost of the meat and poultry rise just as the price of wheat and barley has more than doubled over the past six weeks due to continued fears over the drought affecting Russia and the Ukraine.

The article in The Guardian goes on to say, “Russia is the world’s second largest producer of barley after the EU and the cereal crop is used by many farmers as animal feed. Barley is the latest commodity to see a dramatic price rise in recent weeks”.

“The worst drought for generations in Russia has already caused a 50% jump in the price of wheat, the world’s most-consumed cereal, since June, and last week president Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would freeze grain exports. Attention is also being focused on Australia, the world’s fourth largest exporter of wheat, where this year’s crop may be hit by dry weather in Western Australia, which accounts for 40% of exports. Prices have also been put under pressure by very wet weather in Canada at planting time, which reduced acreage.”

Continued rises in commodity prices provide reason enough to store an emergency food supply. If this trend continues, food prices could skyrocket.

Store an emergency supply of food for your family today, while you have the chance.

Mountain House Freeze Dried Food is a perfect choice. You can start small with a Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit or go large with a Mountain House Platinum Reserve Year Supply. The year supply feeds a family of four for three months!

Read the original article:

Russian drought could push up food prices

The National Inflation Association today issued a warning to all Americans that empty store shelves will likely be coming to America as a result of government price controls during the upcoming hyperinflationary crisis. NIA also released a video preview of what hyperinflation will look like in the U.S.

The six-minute video goes into detail about an event that took place just outside of Boston, Massachusetts in May of this year. The story was widely ignored by the national media, but NIA believes it was one of the most important news events of the first half of 2010. Although this particular crisis in Boston was due to decaying infrastructure, NIA believes a currency crisis will lead to the same type of panic on a nationwide basis in the U.S.

Citizens of Boston were able to survive their recent crisis with the help of the National Guard, but the National Guard won’t be there for all Americans during hyperinflation. 40.2 million Americans are currently living off of food stamps, but food stamps won’t have any purchasing power during hyperinflation. Remember that.

The United States’ day of reckoning is ahead. We cannot go on living with record budget deficits and accelerating national debt growth forever.

Secure your family’s future today with storable food. Buy it today while you still can.

Here’s the original article:

Empty Store Shelves Coming to America

“We’re going to have to evacuate the gulf states,” says Matt Simmons, founder of Simmons and Co., an oil investment firm. “Can you imagine evacuating 20 million people? . . . This story is 80 times worse than I thought.”

I reported in a previous post that rumors are rampant that the government is secretly forming a Gulf states evacuation plan. Now, here is an industry insider voicing his own concerns of evacuation. In light of all this, let’s discuss emergency preparedness measures for Gulf coast residents.

Everyone should have a 72-hour emergency kit in their vehicle for each member of their family. Also, each family member should have at least 72-hours of emergency freeze dried food. You should also have water, and some extra clothing and shoes.

Get your emergency preparedness supplies now before panic sets into the Gulf.

Here is the link to the Washington Post article:

Each day, another way to define worst-case for oil spill

The rumors are rampant on the net. Many sources are saying the government is secretly drawing up plans for a mass evacuation of the Gulf of Mexico coastline. I have no idea if this is true and I was unable to confirm it. However, it did get me to thinking.

Along with the oil gushing from the broken pipe a mile under the surface, toxic gases are spewing forth and killing marine life and causing some in the Gulf to be sickened. In Florida, a couple people have actually died.

If the Gulf coast is evacuated, you better have 72-hour emergency kits and freeze dried food in your car, ready to go at a moment’s notice. You’ll need a 72-hour kit and a minimum of 72-hours of food for each person in your family. You should also have water, clothing, and shoes in each vehicle.

Get your 72-hour Emergency Kits and Mountain House 72-hour Emergency Meal Kits now, before panic sets in. If the Gulf coast is not evacuated, you can at least eat the food and you’ll have an emergency preparedness kit for each member of your family.

Here’s a link to just one of the articles on the subject:

BP Oil Spill: A Slippery Slope to FEMA Detention Camps?

Poorer nations are feeling the effect of higher food costs. Some families are being forced to give up meat, fruite, and even tomatoes.

Food is costing up to 70% of family income in nations from Pakistan, to Argentina, to Congo. Many governments are blaming dry weather and high fuel costs. In some countries, like India, food is costing up to three times what it did two years ago.

When these problems will hit the U.S. is unknown. So far inflation is still somewhat in check, but an economic crash seems to be more likely with each passing day. That is why you need to store extra food for your family.

Most economists believe the U.S. will face the same crisis as Greece. Store food today while it is available. You will enjoy the peace-of-mind it brings.

Here is the original article:

Surging costs hit food security in poorer nations

In Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government approved a plan to build up three-month stocks of rice, flour and other staples to boost food security following the European travel chaos that disrupted supplies, local daily the National reported.

“In cases of emergencies, states can stop exports to other countries … We can’t put all of our eggs in one basket,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan was quoted as saying.

The shutdown of much of European airspace last week due to a huge cloud of volcanic ash paralysed air travel and disrupted the supply of food and other goods to the UAE and other Middle East countries.

Editor: They are stocking up. Why aren’t you?

Here’s a link to the original article:

UAE eyes three-month food stockpile

If you still have doubts about whether you should obtain emergency preparedness supplies, this will change your mind.

The White House has warned that state and local governments should not expect “a significant federal response at the scene of a terrorist nuclear attack for up to 72 hours after the blast”, reports Steve Sternberg of USA Today.

The article goes on to say that, “the chaos that would inevitably follow such a blast would make it difficult for the federal government to react quickly. Emergency response is principally a local function.”

If you are still sitting at home thinking the government will take care of you in a disaster, you now know that you’ll be on your own for at least 72 hours. But let’s be realistic. At the 72 hour mark, the federal government is not going to be able to magically address everyone’s needs. So, what do you do?

I think you need to have 10 to 14 days of food stored for every person in your family. Now, I don’t know if that sounds like too much to you or not. But just look at what happened during after Hurricane Katrina. At 72 hours (3 days into it), everyone wasn’t taken care of. So, you really need to have 10 to 14 days of food for each member of your family.

Haven’t you wondered why the U.S. government has been talking so much lately about a potential terrorist nuclear attack? Draw your own conclusions from that. Please take action now and secure what you need to care for your family in a disaster.

Here’s the original article:

Nuclear blast victims would have to wait

The Icelandic volcano erruption is causing more problems in Europe besides air travel. British supermarkets could start running short on goods such as fruit and vegetables if the island’s airspace remains closed into next week.

“Some items, could soon be in reduced supply if the volcanic ash cloud remains over Britain”, warns Christopher Snelling, head of global supply chain policy for the Freight Transport Association. “There are no shortages yet, but we may start to see certain ranges affected if this carries on.”

“The longer that UK airspace is closed, the greater the damage to the nation’s food supply.”

Here’s the original article:

British airspace lockdown sparks food supply concern

You may be shocked to know that:

• There are 35 Million Americans are on Food Stamps. That’s 12 Percent of the U.S. Population. The highest rate since records started being kept in 1969. Link here
• There are 18.6 Million Empty Houses in the U.S. Link here.
• There are 39 million Americans who are no longer working or looking for work.

All indications are that the situation is going to get worse. The U.S. is not in a recovery, it’s in a Double-Dip Recession, whatever that is.

Perhaps we’ll get lucky and it will be three dips. One can always hope.