Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Here’s an article for ya:

World Hunger Reaches The 1 Billion People Mark (I almost have a vision of the golden arches with a sign – “Over 1 Billion NOT Served”)

A highlight:

“Food security is one of our most critical peace and security issues of our time,” said Josette Sheeran of the World Food Program, another U.N. food agency based in Rome.

“A hungry world is a dangerous world,” she told reporters.

Hungry people are dangerous and desperate people.

There may be 1/6 of the world’s population being hungry but I guarantee you none of those billion live in this house.

I was visiting North Carolina the other week and other than the ungodly temperatures and humidity, it was practically a survivalist Disneyland – everyone was growing corn and vegetables, gardens were huge, growing seasons were long and in the coastal areas you could drag,hook, snag, net, gig and otherwise remove enough protein from the ocean to keep you darn well fed. Add to that a generous limit on their deer tags and you had some poeple who, unless things go very very wierd, are never going to be hungry.

However, as I said, the temperature and humidity were enough to dissuade me of any inkling that moving there would be a good idea. I’ve come to love Montana’s unpredictable, but usually bone-dry, weather…warts and all.

Still, for the price of a saltwater fishing license a fella good eat awfully well down there.

Getting back to the article linked above, notice the term ‘food security’.  The new buzzword is ‘food security’ – the securing of food supplies through government means. The Chinese are already doing this by leasing out large parts of Africa to grow food for their population. While the Germans started the dance with “liebensraum” it would not be surprising to see food (and possibly water) become a factor in some armed conflicts somewhere.

Desperate people do desperate things and nothing makes you more desperate than watching yourself or your loved ones starve to death. Head down to your local LDS cannery and score yourself some of the cheapest food insurance around.