"・・・According to Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, next year is tipped to be "peak oil" year. This means that from 2009, fossil fuel extraction will start tailing off globally – most rapidly in western Europe. ・・・
It takes 10 calories of fossil fuel to produce one calorie of food in Western culture. "Anyone can see that this is not sustainable," says Holden, who predicts that the big issue for coming years will be "food security".・・・"
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/27/11143/168/114/667032
The Famine Of 2009 (updated 4x)
by Stranded Wind
Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 08:18:15 AM PST
" ・・・unless I'm badly mistaken people are going to be starving in 2009 over causes and conditions being set down right now.
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So, we're already facing what Bryan Lutter calls "the mother of all fertilizer shortages" next spring and on top of that local banks won't lend to farmers.・・・"
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-12-01-pilgrims-pride-bankruptcy-chicken_N.htm
The chicken industry's No. 1 producer, Pilgrim's Pride, filed for Chapter 11 on Monday.
By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY
http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/meal-ticket/
Crash in Food Supply
Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Chris Mayer
"・・・the credit crisis is also affecting the world’s ability to produce one thing important to everyone: food.・・・No credit; no crops."
"・・・The head of the Russian Grain Union says, “Many farmers probably won’t be able to borrow money for the spring sowing.” This is important because Russia is no lightweight in the grain division. It produces 9% of the world’s wheat・・・
"A number of countries already fear what might happen next year.
The Washington Post Foreign Service in Shanghai reports that China adopted a number of measures to protect itself from the worsening food crisis・・・ "
"It was a period of optimism and of economic growth; and yet more than a million people died in a few years in a European country because of lack of food. "
"About one million people died in a few years as the direct result of the famine. Another half million died of diseases related to the lack of food. Many tried to escape to the United States. "
"It is reported that in the years before the famine, there were so many potatoes in Ireland that people had to throw them away. Then, in a few years, people were dropping dead of starvation along the streets. Yet, the famine was not, and could not, be unexpected. "
http://energybulletin.net/node/47525
Published Dec 18 2008 by Energy Farms Network
Archived Dec 21 2008
Scenario 2020: the future of food in Mendocino county
by Jason Bradford
冒頭、"Let’s start with the credit market break down in 2008. What followed was a plunge in the volume and reliability of global trade. Without access to the free flow of credit, countries experienced food and fuel shortages."と、信用市場の崩壊に続いて世界貿易の規模と信頼が縮小して云々と回顧することから始まるのだが、たまたま今日発表された財務省の貿易統計の中身とオーバーラップしてしまうんだよね・・・
http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/shinbun/trade-st/2008/200811c.pdf