Dismantle Civilisation

Article by Barbara Minton, onrefreshingnews blog.
Americans are losing the ability to feed themselves. Nothing signifies this loss of the golden age in America more than our growing reliance on foreign countries for our food. Yet American’s happily buy their produce from Mexico and their fish from China without giving it a thought. These are the … Read more »

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PeakEnergy blog’s recent article about an innovative way to grow food in the cities.
The Age recently had an article on the emerging practice of “guerilla gardening”, taking a look at the “Gardening guerillas in our midst”. This concept seems to have steadily increased in popularity in recent years (admittedly from a very low base) as … Read more »

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A very worrying article by’Stranded Wing on Daily Kos, about problems for US farmers - shortages of credit and propane, which will result in food shortages next year. Why isn’t this reaching mainstream media news? Industrial agriculture relies on cheap abundant fuel, but also, perhaps more important, cheap abundant credit. Are we going to see … Read more »

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Warns Richard Heinberg at postcarbon.org
A perfect storm is brewing in the global food system, and North Americans and Europeans may not be spared this time.

Contributing factors:
The economic crash is still unfolding (no need for explanation here, just pick up any newspaper). It is inherently deflationary in nature because trillions of electronic dollars and euros … Read more »

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By Peter Goodchild on countercurrents.org
Yes, there are other factors beside oil to consider in the Great Crash. We live in a morass of bad politics, bad economics, and bad education (and bad news media that spoon-feed us with half-truths), and we elect thieves and liars to guide us. But the loss of oil, which is … Read more »

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An excellent introduction by By Aaron Newton & Sharon Astyk.
needs and wants locally would reduce our dependency on oil and natural gas in advance of their inevitable decline in availability. One obvious benefit will be the enormous amount of fuel saved by reducing the amount of food shipped all over the country. Fewer refrigerated tractor […] Read more »

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Another excerpt from Dmitry Orlov’s book.
In addition to small-scale farming, forests in Russia have always been used as an important additional source of food. Russians recognize and eat just about every edible mushroom variety and all of the edible berries. During the peak mushroom season, which is generally in the fall, forests are overrun with […] Read more »

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more sound advice from Sharon Astyk.
Last time I ran the food storage class, I started off with a Food Storage 101 post that discussed the bare minimum for food storage - the 2 weeks recommended by both the US Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross. I reviewed the fact that 2 […] Read more »

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Videos from the Urban Homesteaders.
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The empire of cheap food is crumbling
You. Will. Not. Be. Able. To. Get. Food. Need this be spelled out any more plainly? It is time to consider that the stage has been set for petroleum-induced famine.
We have “innocently” accommodated rising population with greater and greater food production via technology and the profit motive. But now […] Read more »

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