Re: The Food-Price Crisis

dandavats Maharaj's and vaisnavas

We know from history the Irish potato famine between 1846 and 1849. The famine was at least fifty years in the making; many people died 750,000 deaths are attributed to starvation. And people were forced to leave their homes due to starvation. Since then many lessons were learnt. 
The main one was don�t rely on one crop you have to diversify. Also don�t rely on one main stable food source.

There are many stable food sources these days such pasta, millet, buck wheat, and corn gits just to name a few. My self do not eat rice as I found I did not need so much carbohydrates. I am very happy eating vegetable, and not so much protein when offered to Sri Guru Gauranga. The other day I watched a video on Ghana (Africa) Where the local farmer were struggling to grow rice, the Americans were importing their cheaper, than the locals can grow it.

Just like in the UK in the 80s the coalmine were forced to close because country like India and other third world countries sold the coal cheaper the they could mine it in the UK. So almost all the mines closed in the UK.  UK became dependent on cheap coal at the mercy of cheap importers.

What happens next the price goes up and up. Now we can see the same thing happening with the so-called cheap rice and other foods. In India and other country�s people should go back and work on the land. Simple living high thinking.

Plant the seeds chant the holy names, and wait for the harvest to come in. Buy artificial fertilizer and grown two or three crops a year.
As Srila Prabhupada said there is no shortage of food, even the ants, and elephants and not hungry.

lowerthanarat

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