Category Archives: Farms

White Gold: Re-Thinking Wealth in a Post-Collapse Society

September 2, 2011

This post was originally written in 2009 for the now defunct American Survival Blog: Imagine yourself in a rapidly de-industrialized America (or Europe, Canada whatever) due to financial collapse exacerbated by food shortages, disease and a chaotic world exploding in … Continue reading →

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Looks Like There’s a Rice Shortage Coming

August 16, 2011

I know a few of people who work in industries that are effected by food inflation and all of them are saying that a food crunch is coming. Rice is one staple I’m worried about – enough in fact that … Continue reading →

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French Shepards Tormented by “Ravenous Wolves”

August 1, 2011

Wolves were thought to be extinct in France since the 1930s but now the country hosts a population of around 200. Decades of urbanization, cultural Marxism and radical environmentalism have created a perfect storm that is consuming French livestock as … Continue reading →

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“Stink Bug” Infestation Now a “Megapest” Epidemic

July 3, 2011

The Asian stink bug has become such a problem for farmers that news reports are referring to the small, smelly insect as a “megapest” as the vermin do untold amounts of damage to crops. From AFP: A stink bug from … Continue reading →

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