Hormuz closure could trigger 'agrifood shock', price crisis within a year, FAO warns

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RandyMarsh710@reddit

I’ve been saying for years that we should expect mass famines around the 2040s thanks to global warming. Glad to see Donnie could bump that up.

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Objective-Rip3008@reddit

I never really imagined that I would retire or anything tbh, but I thought I'd at least have a good life til my late 40s or 50s at least. Doesn't look like that will be the case 😭

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Conscious-War5920@reddit

Faster than expected is the quote I use all the time now, when it used to be used so much less lol.

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

Just to put it out there, for folks who don't yet can: there are copies of the Ball canning book on archive.org. Some versions are downloadable.

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litreofstarlight@reddit

/r/canning

But yeah, buying a pressure canner tomorrow, even though I'm shitscared of the things.

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

As long as you follow the directions and keep the equipment in good shape, you'll be fine.

I was a little scared of my instant pot at first, but same idea. I think I remember reading there's only one approved countertop canner that works like an instant pot. It was $350 last I checked a few years back.

(I'm more afraid I'll can something and it'll go bad, but that's why I don't deviate from the Ball canning recipes. They're safe.)

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MindfulGardening@reddit

Also, National Center for Home Food Preservation has an extensive library of free resources on how to can, pickle, make jams etc. https://nchfp.uga.edu

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AromaticCod9430@reddit

Oh this is great to know, thank you!! I’ve been water bath canning for about a year but trying to work up the courage to pressure can trout

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

You can do it!

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skintastegood@reddit

That's the point. Manufacturing a crisis.

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RandyMarsh710@reddit

“Yo dawg, we heard your country moved away from a manufacturing economy, so we manufactured a manufacturing crisis under the guise of bringing manufacturing back to a country without a manufacturing infrastructure.”

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concepts_of_a_plan9@reddit

Manufacture crisis -> force small farmers into bankruptcy or to sell their farms -> mega corps buy up farms and real estate to gain even more power

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cusoman@reddit

Someone read The Shock Doctrine (and if you haven't, you should)

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CindysandJuliesMom@reddit

That is what happened after 9/11 and we lost a lot of our freedoms in the name of security.

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I-IV-I64-V-I@reddit

It's a good thing Peter Theil, trump, and Gates all invested heavily into acre trader! They buy up bankrupt farms and 'rent' it back to the original farmers in exchange for their serfdom!

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Concrete__Blonde@reddit

Bill Gates bought a massive amount of farmland but he is not involved with AcreTrader at all.

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I-IV-I64-V-I@reddit

Shiit my bad,, I'm misremembering which massive farm buyouts he's in

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grannyhex23@reddit

Yep. All these moves make more sense if someone is profiting from the volatility

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PMmeIamlonley@reddit

Grow stuff

Green onion is the easiest way to start

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2BlueZebras@reddit

COVID and the Ukraine war made me garden. I now produce more strawberries and apricots and jalapeños and tomatoes and rosemary and sage and chives than I know what to do with. Lemons are also going to do well for me this year.

A drip system on a timer does 90% of the work.

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BurmeciaWillSurvive@reddit

How do you stop the 800 neighborhood cats from fucking up your garden? I have the space but they're always digging and shredding everything up.

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2BlueZebras@reddit

Luckily only about 3 neighborhood cats here and the rats are a bigger problem (I live about 1000 feet from open farmland). But my climate is so hot the cays actually hang out under trees or in bushes, which my garden doesn't have.

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V2BM@reddit

Mice ate the tops of my seedling INDOORS and a few deer got into them when I moved them outside. We also have raccoons and rabbits in my suburban neighborhood. I imagine homestead farming is 10% planting and 90% trying to keep your food from getting eaten by everything else.

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Puzzle-Necked@reddit

Squirrels like to take a bite of everything a I grow to see if they like it

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judisael@reddit

Chicken wire put up high enough and looped around some three foot garden fences stopped my cats from jumping ij.

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SoftballLesbian@reddit

I topped my fence with 2' wide garden fencing. If you staple it to the top of the fence, any cats that try climbing over it will dislike how it sways. It's a great deterrent.

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thrwwy535672@reddit

Green onion is great but not life sustaining calories.

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PMmeIamlonley@reddit

No, but its easy to have a pot of dirt and to put your left over green onion ends in it and grow unlimited free green onions forever, and I never see people doing it. I eat green onion almost every day because its free and I never run out.

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BurmeciaWillSurvive@reddit

Hey I love green onions. The white part will just grow more green onions?

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missbwith2boys@reddit

Yeah, just leave about an inch above the bottom of the root area, even if the roots are trimmed to nubs. Cover with soil and keep moist and watch the green eventually pop up and continue to grow.

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EverbodyHatesHugo@reddit

Don’t mind me and my post apocalyptic green onion garden.

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EnlightenedSinTryst@reddit

I used to play bass for Post Apocalyptic Green Onion Garden!

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BurmeciaWillSurvive@reddit

I still have merch from your Tacoma show!

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Girafferage@reddit

Stanley yelnats?!

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fragrant-final-973@reddit

🦎🦎🦎

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Hellchron@reddit

I AM THE GRUNION KING YOU UNSEASONED PEASANTS

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SquirrelyMcNutz@reddit

5 gallon bucket + potting soil or dirt + potato

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herrcollin@reddit

Be sure to get BPA-free buckets! Don't just use any random bin or bucket you have lying around. Some of those are absolutely filled with chemicals because they're meant for dry storage, not plants.

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Fun_Artichoke_7289@reddit

Potatoes will grow in potting soil??

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SquirrelyMcNutz@reddit

Probably? I mean, that's what the stuff is for. And potatoes will grow...pretty much everywhere. Never had to try it as I've got an actual garden, but it couldn't hurt.

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Daxx22@reddit

There is a very good reason Potatoes are famine food.

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

Yes. They'll even grow in compost mixed with straw. I did that four years ago for fun.

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Tonsilith_Salsa@reddit

Fuck that let's overthrow

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urdeadbyme@reddit

That's difficult for those that rent and don't have a yard. Good advice for anyone with the ability to do so.

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driverdan@reddit

Indoor hydroponics is easy to do and doesn't require much space.

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Leopold_Porkstacker@reddit

Hopefully the input chemicals will be available.

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OePea@reddit

The chemicals are available via internet or local, but the space is actually a concern. When you, like me, can't even figure how to fit a bicycle as well as a litterbox, you're not going to have space for a hydro grow and all its accompanying gear.

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bbygril@reddit

hang plants on hooks and put shelves in front of windows. In general stock up on dried food and store it under your bed and couch and anywhere elseits what I did when I had a tiny Brooklyn apartment

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OePea@reddit

Dried and canned food is certainly the way to go.

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aredon@reddit

You can literally do it with compost tea. It's fine.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

r/containergardening

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LogicWizard22@reddit

Just joined!

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DieselPunkPiranha@reddit

There's so much you can grow on the windowsill. Watercress, for example.

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Magickarpet76@reddit

If you have a window with sun you can do it. Basil, Mint, and Cilantro would be my recommendation for first trying it. I keep those on my windowsill in the kitchen each the size of a solo cup.

After that try green onions, leeks, and even some greens like romaine lettuce and Swiss chard. Those can thrive in a sunny window on a shelf planter. I wouldn’t do hydroponics unless you are really committed and willing to pay or get creative and sink time into the build.

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stolenfires@reddit

If you're in a relatively large town or city, see if there are community gardens near you.

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mothgoth@reddit

Yes. My building has garden plots but every year they do a lottery system to access them since there aren’t many. We didn’t win one this year. Trying to think if there’s something small I can grow. But I tried potatoes on my balcony last year with little success since there’s not a ton of sun coming that way. I’ll just buy some green onions and regrow those in a jar of water I guess haha!

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XKryptix0@reddit

And silverbeet, shit will not die

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SchlumpG0d@reddit

Everyone should have a small herb/veggie garden if they can swing it. It will supply you with good and fresh ingredients for cooking.

You will not feed yourself on one, and you have to be very careful how you go about starting or you will spend a lot of money and that can be a deal breaker if you don’t get satisfaction from the process.

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missbwith2boys@reddit

Tonight we grabbed some spring peas, fennel, lemon thyme, basil and arugula to go with our spring pasta dinner. Unfortunately I had no asparagus spears popped up, but that would’ve been a nice addition. It’s still early; all of my tomatoes and peppers were hailed on this week.

There will be a rhubarb crumble this weekend, and I’m about to make some rhubarb marmalade.

Soon I’ll have more summer squash than I can handle and I’ll be chucking whole unpeeled tomatoes in the freezer to turn into sauce later in the fall/winter.

I don’t grow at a scale to feed us completely but I grow enough to offset our grocery costs.

It’s a hobby, and I’m rather hoping it doesn’t have to become more.

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PapayaMysterious6393@reddit

Need to grow potatoes, squash, tomatoes, beans, corn.

Need Vit C and...calories.

Also you can regrow green onion which is nice. I bought some at the store the other day, used it in my recipe, and now it's regrowing in my window.

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No_Possible_7108@reddit

Excellent to hear considering green onion is one of my all-time favorite things to eat!

We used to have a McAlister's near us(food chain that does a lot of sandwiches and baked potatoes) and every time we went I would get the one that had grilled chicken and green onions on it but with extra green onions too. People would tease me and ask if I wanted some grilled chicken or baked potato with my green onion😅

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DieselPunkPiranha@reddit

Peppers, potatoes, spinach are all easy to grow, but the first two can be done with very little space.

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funke75@reddit

seriously, if you want a bunch of green onion (shallots) just go get several bunches at the grocery store, cut off two thirds of the tops (to use), the plant the rest white part down. water well and bam, you got a bunch of green onion plants.

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Independent-Bug-9352@reddit

Scallions, not shallots! :)

Green onions, scallions, and spring onions -- all refer to onions grown for their greens as opposed to the bulb; Shallots are smaller type of onion still harvested for the bulb by contrast. I had moderate success with my early day onions and did successfully harvest the greens a couple of times in one test batch!

I also highly recommend Soy beans and some sort of potato or jerusalem artichoke -- grows super easily, is calorically dense and more nutritious than regular potatoes.

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no-lift@reddit

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