Thank you Glenn for explaining the food chain as to the processors. I've been wanting to understand it better. I didn't realize that the gov't held the reins so tightly on the farmers. At the end of January, I realized that supplies from China would effect the US. I was pretty comfortable with my home storage but went out and picked up additional supplies. The end of February brought a concern about meat. My husband and I bought meat chickens which were hatched on March 17. May 20 - we harvested 30 chickens in our backyard. I'm willing to eat beans and rice, but if I can do something for myself, I'm certainly going to try. Thanks for the article!
Yes so true. Been getting ready for a while, need to up my action in that area. Like it it says in Proverbs 22:3 a prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on and are punished. In rural areas, were I am most it's not uncommon to have several month's prepped and ready.
Even before we were locked down, all of the stores that sell food in my area started running out of canned meats, beans, rice, canned foods, etc, not just toilet paper, it was eerie. Even the produce sections were looking bare, oddly. Then we started shopping for plants and seeds for our garden, and they were sparse as well. A nursery owner told us he had a sales day midweek that rivaled his biggest weekends. All the seed companies I had subscribed to their email lists sent out emails stating they were backlogged and wouldn't be able to fill orders for a while. All of this was back in March. We decided last summer that this year we would be foregoing a vacation to put in a garden and raise more animals by raising lambs and turkeys again, adding to our laying hens, and trying out some meat chickens for the first time. When we were at the farm stores, we soon discovered others had the same idea, some buying laying chicks for the first time. I say all this because I am encouraged by the fact that many in my area and I'm sure others felt things weren't right, and prepared a little or a little more!
Thank you for the very good (and detailed) article explaining all of this. I was just wondering what was going on with it when I started reading your article. HOW I wish I had gotten a freezer a long time ago!
I agree with Glenn enough to have just paid to subscribe here:)
If anyone wants the latest on the PRIME Act with a current list of cosponsors and links to support the House and Senate bills, here's a good URL to share:
This needs more bipartisan support from every state in the union—and the President—immediately! What a massive waste of resources at the worst possible time. And even though we're talking about future meat here, I'm surprised animal rights activists aren't out there expressing outrage over massive "euthanization" of livestock…
Thank you Glenn. Check, check and check! Being prepared is so obvious. When the toilet paper, hand sanitizer and paper towels were hard to find, we were beyond fine and able to help others.
And there is nothing wrong with having LOTS of beans, rice and pasta to go with freezers filled with meat and cupboards with canned meat and vegs.
Thank you Glenn for explaining the food chain as to the processors. I've been wanting to understand it better. I didn't realize that the gov't held the reins so tightly on the farmers. At the end of January, I realized that supplies from China would effect the US. I was pretty comfortable with my home storage but went out and picked up additional supplies. The end of February brought a concern about meat. My husband and I bought meat chickens which were hatched on March 17. May 20 - we harvested 30 chickens in our backyard. I'm willing to eat beans and rice, but if I can do something for myself, I'm certainly going to try. Thanks for the article!
Yes so true. Been getting ready for a while, need to up my action in that area. Like it it says in Proverbs 22:3 a prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on and are punished. In rural areas, were I am most it's not uncommon to have several month's prepped and ready.
Thanks for this article.
Even before we were locked down, all of the stores that sell food in my area started running out of canned meats, beans, rice, canned foods, etc, not just toilet paper, it was eerie. Even the produce sections were looking bare, oddly. Then we started shopping for plants and seeds for our garden, and they were sparse as well. A nursery owner told us he had a sales day midweek that rivaled his biggest weekends. All the seed companies I had subscribed to their email lists sent out emails stating they were backlogged and wouldn't be able to fill orders for a while. All of this was back in March. We decided last summer that this year we would be foregoing a vacation to put in a garden and raise more animals by raising lambs and turkeys again, adding to our laying hens, and trying out some meat chickens for the first time. When we were at the farm stores, we soon discovered others had the same idea, some buying laying chicks for the first time. I say all this because I am encouraged by the fact that many in my area and I'm sure others felt things weren't right, and prepared a little or a little more!
Thank you for the very good (and detailed) article explaining all of this. I was just wondering what was going on with it when I started reading your article. HOW I wish I had gotten a freezer a long time ago!
I agree with Glenn enough to have just paid to subscribe here:)
If anyone wants the latest on the PRIME Act with a current list of cosponsors and links to support the House and Senate bills, here's a good URL to share:
http://farmandranchfreedom.org/prime-act-finish-line/
This needs more bipartisan support from every state in the union—and the President—immediately! What a massive waste of resources at the worst possible time. And even though we're talking about future meat here, I'm surprised animal rights activists aren't out there expressing outrage over massive "euthanization" of livestock…
Thank you Glenn. Check, check and check! Being prepared is so obvious. When the toilet paper, hand sanitizer and paper towels were hard to find, we were beyond fine and able to help others.
And there is nothing wrong with having LOTS of beans, rice and pasta to go with freezers filled with meat and cupboards with canned meat and vegs.
Dang, I'm making myself hungry...