Famine: IN THE USA?

And my 5000th response goes too...... It has been said in Australia on many occasions that it was "on the sheeps back" that carried us through tough times in the past. We should never underestimate the core fundamentals of a nation's structure and agriculture is most definitely a pivotal piece of the foundation stone. I don't know enough about the Zimbabwean situation to make any intelligent comment for comparison's sake, but the tighter you squeeze the local producers, the greater the reliance on international providers because the locals just won't be able to sustain themsleves and they'll close up shop. As the article you provided correctly states in my opinion - "The government should focus on regulating food production in countries such as China and Mexico rather than burdening small and organic farmers in the U.S. with overreaching regulations." Increase the dependence on local supply and demand rather than open the door for more offshore transactions to take place. It's not bloody rocket science! The domino effect will be astronomical if local production in this regard is squeezed tightly to the point of implosion. On the flip side, regulation is not such a bad thing IF managed constructively, but I can't help but feel the overwhelming desire for control will eat up any semblance of reasoning. There's bound to be a tax play in all of this too in the long run. Heaven forbid if anyone were to be too self-sufficient! And let's not leave out the resources many of the smaller producers will need to hire just to handle the burgeoning reporting and compliance requirements! Margins are slim enough already in the US for this industry I'm sure.

Heck if they aren't careful next they will be telling those that grow extra veggies to sell to others, if they have too much, that they can't do that either. I can understand the worry about contamination, but enough is enough.

I have a cousin who is married to a Russian and from my aunt, I learned how things were like in Communist Russia, or rather the Ukraine where they lived. I also saw the news photos of the long lineups for food and for what are needs. Imagine an America like that. No not a horrible science fiction show, but a few years or maybe a couple of years from now if Obama continues his policies, Americans may be lining up for the necessities.

I just read that article last night. I think this is a true case of the government sticking it's nose in where it has absolutely no business! Talk about putting the little guy out of business! I was thinking of having a garden this year and doing some canning or freezing for hard times. I wouldn't be in business, but I would be growing vegetables which would be wrong according to them. I think we are having a government take over. And who would have ever thought,until this president, it could ever happen! They say they are doing this because of the scare we had from the tainted vegetables. But I don't believe that's the reason. It's just one more way of them getting closer to a complete takeover.

For many years now I have been saying that the government is trying to slowly strip us of all our Rights. Slowly, we are becoming more of a dictatorship than a democracy, and it is sad. The government should not be rying to regulate everything like they are trying to do. In all honesty, I think that the government wants us to be in a situation where they control absolutely everything and we have no Rights and are unable to even make our own decisions.

I'll have a garden in my attic or something. I'll grow food in my bedroom if I have to. I'll be darned if I'm told I can't grow my own food. Especially when super hyper inflation will be in all the stores. I also heard they are planning to start taxing us for every animal we own. Something to do with the gas and lol, Global Warming. How are the big animal farms supposed to keep going then?

OMG does that include my tomato plant!! Now I shall be watching the sky for helicopters. Seriously I hope it does not increase food price, we do not need anymore increases. I wonder if that will affect local farmer markets? I hope not!

I agree. This is a bad idea all the way around. We are well on our way to becoming a fascist police state.

I heard about this the other day. I don't think it's so much they are "sticking their nose in" as much as they are wanting to control ppl. Look at like this: My Dad grows his own veggies and fruits and raises his own meat and gets his own eggs from the chickens. All of those things save him alot of money when it comes to buying food. Thats money that stays in his pocket rather than being paid out to a store and taxes. Now, if the government restricts his gardening and livestock, he'll be forced to either buy the outrageously priced taxed foods at the store or go hungry. Now for those that can't afford it, they'll have to turn to foodstamps eventually. When that happens the government owns you. That gives them the power to say "you want your foodstamps this month, do X amount of hours of community service" (community service being one of 0bama's pet projects). Ppl would have no choice but to do it. As for the farmers, if it's their land that they own and they want to grow their own foods and raise their own livestock that's their own business...the only way the government should have anything to say about it is if their selling it to the public and then only to make sure that it's not contaminated or anything. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

We cannot afford this. The prices for fruits and vegetables are too high as it is. I am also noticing that they don't last long. They go bad faster. It must be because people are not buying as much due to the higher prices.

I think that is a big problem. The government wants to stick their nose into everything now. We need to get rid of the government. It is to big already and to me it is your choice if you want to buy from your neighbor or the old man on the side of the road. Nobody forces you to get fresh fruits and veggies. They are wanting to force everyone to have to buy their genetically mutated veggies from the supermarket I hate to see it really. So not sure if I caught this or not, but can I still grow my own food for just my family to eat? If this is not the case then this is just a pile of horse manure.

I think that anytime the government interferes in things that don't need governmental imput, things get effed up. Just as you said in Zimbabwe, the system they had was working fine. Then in comes the government demanding that everyone do it their way and now look.

BINGO. You are right on. Don't forget that Obama isn't stupid. He knows exactly what would turn the economy around and is doing the exact opposite! He is serving the illegal international cabal of bankers that are trying to set up a truly global government.