https://archive.ph/qGwrL
Russia creates a huge portions of the worlds fertilizer. :the-more-you-know:
Russia stopped exporting as much fertilizer late last year. It's part of the reason fertilizer prices spiked.
What was the quote? Every person is a few missed meals away from a riot?
so it's praxis that my school screwed up and didn't let me eat for several days?
Hungry people don't stay hungry for long
They get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn
Yeah this figures. I'm not totally skint but still v much living payday to payday as such I keep a fairly close eye on food shopping. I'd say my weekly shop has increased by about a third. Even more shitty is it seems like fresh fruit and veg and other broadly healthy stuff has gone up the most which is just fucking fantastic when u r trying to make sure your kid gets enough decently healthy food.
You’re not alone. I don’t want to sound like “oh, we’ll you can just make these personal decisions blah blah blah” But, I do think that there’s a lot folks can do and this is a good place to share that info. Foodnotbombs… economic and healthy preservation methods, bulk buying strategies. “It could happen here” did a pretty good series on it recently. Maybe someone (not me) can make a food strategy megathread.
Honestly trying to find someone with a retail or resale license to buy from food outlet (resturant supply) stores can save a shit ton of money if enough people are wiling to front load the cost. I've noticed though in places I shop like Smart and Final that the generic canned tomatoes they sell (the cheapest option) are more affordable when bought in 16oz cans compared to the double cans which is one way to fuck with the economics of scale that neolibs and economists love to jack off to at night.
Webstaurant store is decent if you don't have someone who can help you get into other restaurant supply stores
Oh absoultely, yeah. I mean we've already been doing a lot more preservation stuff, jarring etc. And yes, gonna see if I can at least get some salad leaves and spuds growing this yr but a lot of it honestly comes down to time.
comes down to time Indeed, that’s an overlooked factor with a lot of advice that’s telling you to just produce your own commodities in your spare time.
Here’s one that take up more space, but not really more time: Ever since Covid I’ve been building up a backlog of long-shelflife food that I regularly use anyhow. When my inventory starts to get low, I add it to the list and start to look for a deal. This way I can go to the grocery store less often, get more when I do go, and be more selective about choosing when to buy. Bread, for example, often goes steeply on sale when the grocery store needs to move inventory, so that’s when I reload my freezer :-)
would be very fun if I had control over such things. Hopefully do not get my skull smashed in over this.
I'm convinced that nothing will bust the brain-dead apathy that most people are trapped in. We'll just quietly lie down and starve, or willingly walk into the gas chambers or whatever the fuck is going to happen.
I think a large part of America has an actual suicide wish on a societal scale. People hate their life but any ideology has been knocked so far down into them, that why they love the idea of a mass plague or an actual nuclear bomb. They want everything to die. IDK if thats apathy or what.
Pretty much a death drive similar to lone mass shooters that want a more dramatic version of suicide by cop and want their death to cause suffering to people around them.
Americans are also raised to be such psychopathic narcissists that they can't stand the idea of anything happening after their death. They're the main character, so if they die, the story should end for everyone at the same time.
price of toilet paper and snacks going up 8% will be sufficient to convince 90% of America to destroy Russia
As I have been living at home, I haven't really seen any food prices. I'm going to ask my parents if they have seen any food prices go up lately.
Perfect timing with the end of eviction moratoriums and student loan deferments.
Fried insects can be really good when cooked just right. Been really enjoying crickets and fried worms.
Russia war day 7
Chicago Illinois
Fried insects can be really good when cooked just right. Been really enjoying crickets and fried worms.
Yeah, if you can, I've been for awhile and now trying to making sure I've got enough for comrades too
Stock up on the cheap stable food. Dried beans, rice, lentils,especially lentils. During covid these were all harder to find.
