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Food shortages are here and will get worse

The President of the National Black Farmers Association, John Boyd Jr., said in June that “We are in a crisis right now as far as the food chain goes with the farmers in this country…We’re going to see a lot of empty shelves and a lot more high food prices.”

Food banks are already seeing a flood of new families.

While the loss of life and property and other pain they create are gut-wrenching, disasters like hurricanes can be great teachers.

But we must first be ready to accept the lessons for what they are — good and bad.

Man's hubris and his dependence upon government are very much to blame for the damage, destruction and suffering that result from both heavy rain storms and a lack of water like we are seeing in the American West.

Man long ago decided that his ingenuity would enable him to overcome the laws of nature and he began building cities in flood plains and in the desert. So he razed the land and stripped it of its topsoil and vegetation. He removed the hills and filled in the valleys. And he covered the land in concrete and asphalt. He built levees to "control" the water… and built dams, reservoirs and the "Colorado Arizona Project" that means the great Colorado River doesn't even make it to Mexico any longer.

Man's cities became large and expansive and attracted more and more people to live, which led to more expansion, more buildings, more concrete and asphalt and levees and drought.

This disrupted the natural flow of water. When rain falls from the sky it is absorbed into the earth until the earth becomes saturated. Only then does it begin to flow to the lowest point it can find.

Buildings, concrete and asphalt do not absorb water. So the rain immediately becomes runoff, which turns into streams, which — when it falls at rates like those seen in tropical storms, — turn into rivers which wash away everything in their path; even the concrete structures man built.

Then what do we have? A lack of power, a lack of food and water, a lack of safety, a lack of the rule of law, in many cases. Therefore you must avoid making the same mistakes as most who think they are preparing properly.

If we can't visualize a storm in fair weather it's too late when the clouds appear — figuratively, of course, but also literally. I have repeatedly advised to store food. It is not only basic to life, survival and barter, but in time it will be classed as hoarding and will be a criminal act if caught.

Food shortages can be caused by supply problems, or impending disasters like hurricanes, or food riots, floods, fire, drought, disease or freezing temperatures, but also because of financial chaos related to the collapse of the purchasing power of paper money. The possibilities for something going wrong are endless, and so we must be ready for anything.

Food is worth far more than money when it is scarce. A prudent and wise person will store food long before there is a visible need. When starvation begins, it is too late! I started 45 years ago when storing food was a joke.

Man's dependence upon government creates hardships on those in the affected areas. Rather than store food, water and other essentials for emergencies so they can survive in case of disaster, people remain in some kind of false comfort zone of normalcy bias, believing that because the things they need have always been there, they will always be there — and that government will save them. But FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) doesn't pluck anyone off of a roof.

In the run-up to any storm this late summer and fall — hurricane and fire season — your local grocery shelves will be laid bare and needed items like generators, plywood, boards, tape, etc., for boarding up and protecting homes will be gone, leaving many who wait too late without.

We have long told our readers that the time to prepare for a disaster — whether man-caused or natural — is now because tomorrow could be too late. Everyone should keep on hand a minimum of three days of food and water and preferably enough for three or more weeks, and we have set up a special website so that you can do so without breaking the bank. Everyone should consider the possible disasters that may strike and collect everything they would need to survive the crisis.

But hurricanes like the extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in Houston — 50 inches of rain! — also provided us with good lessons and reminders. The globalists are funding and the mainstream media are promoting race wars and division in America in an attempt to bring her down. But the heartwarming images of people helping people — first it was Houstonians helping their neighbors, and then it was people who got there as fast as they could from all over the country — with rescues, food and shelter show that Americans are the best people on earth.

It's not the government, which is not America and is as corrupt and dysfunctional as any, that represents America. It is her people. Government — the federal government, especially — is not a first responder. It can't be depended upon to provide the necessities during and in the immediate aftermath of the storm.

It's the local people first helping each other, and the local first responders next. And America's people have shown once again they are good, and that gives me hope.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter^®

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If you would like to add to your survival stockpile without having to spend a fortune, consider stocking up on these thirteen cheap prepper items that you can get for under a dollar each. (Note: I included links to articles where you can learn survival hacks that make use of the item.)

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Rather, the purpose of this list is to remind you of items that you would have put in your bug out bag, if only you had thought of them. For example, someone might peruse this list and think, "A sillcock key? What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that?"

Every bug out bag is unique depending on your skills, your region, your preferences, who will be with you, and so forth. This is why you should periodically go over the contents of your bug out bag and make any necessary adjustments. Since it's the start of a new year, I think now is a great time to do that...

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