All posts tagged with crops
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-(Natural News) A home garden is a must-have for any prepper. Even if you live in a small house or apartment, you can grow vegetables and herbs on a window sill or in containers like pots or buckets. With some planning, you can also turn your yard into an edible landscape before SHTF. (h/t to TheSurvivalMom.com) […]
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-(Natural News) Countless crops are going unpicked in the UK as a Brexit-induced shortage of workers continues. Millions of pounds have been lost as a result, driving up food inflation by as much as 20 percent, the agriculture sector reports. A shortfall in the total number of visas and delays in processing post-Brexit seasonal working […]
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-(Natural News) The United Nations (UN) touted the supposed “benefits” of world hunger in an op-ed dating from 2008. The piece, which the UN initially defended as “an attempt at satire,” was subsequently taken down. In the article published in the UN Chronicle, University of Hawaii political science professor George Kent argued that hunger actually […]
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-(Natural News) Farmers are going through a fertilizer crisis caused by skyrocketing fossil fuel prices and industry consolidation. Liquid nitrogen, potash and phosphorus, three of the world’s most commonly used fertilizers, have more than doubled in price over the past two years. A survey conducted by Minnesota-based data analysis firm DTN revealed that fertilizer prices are […]
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-(Natural News) Extreme heat and drought conditions across much of the Western United States are taking the blame for an insect plague that is reportedly ravaging already fragile food crops that the country relies on for sustenance. Described as a “‘truly biblical’ swarm of cannibalistic insects” by Accuweather, the plague involves massive numbers of Mormon […]
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-(Natural News) The ongoing drought in the state of Texas is approaching levels not seen since the historic drought of 2011. More than 45 percent of the contiguous United States is currently experiencing a drought, including most of the Southwestern U.S., which is dealing with severe, extreme or exceptional levels of drought. The 2011 drought was […]
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-(Natural News) Ukrainian farmers are destroying their own harvest equipment to prevent the Russian army from confiscating them and their unharvested crops. Dan Basse, president of agricultural industry research firm AgResource Company, noted that many of his clients in Ukraine “have been actually damaging their combines so the Russians can’t combine the wheat.” “It’s a […]
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-(Natural News) Five counties in Texas were designated as natural disaster areas as drought ravaged the Lone Star State. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, five counties – Austin, Colorado, Harris, Lavaca and Fort Bend – were designated as natural disaster areas. The counties suffered from severe to exceptional drought, it added. The Fort Boone […]
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-(Natural News) During President Joe Biden’s speech last month at the O’Connor Farm in Illinois, he encouraged American farmers to expand the production of wheat through extra efforts like double-cropping to feed the world. However, farmers aired their concerns that they can’t do this easily. Biden’s call to action is in connection with the Ukraine war’s […]
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-(Natural News) Export bans put in place by different nations across the globe risk worsening food inflation that has been burdening people as of late. A June 27 analysis by Reuters touched on this matter, particularly zeroing in on India’s wheat export ban. Back in April, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country was […]
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