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INFLATION , FOOD, AND FRANTIC Inflation , food, and frantic…

If I could think of 3 words to go together today it would be those. I have began to research for an article I am writing “ food shortages coming to a grocery store near you.” It has been grueling work. My time is limited so in between home schooling, cooking, studying naturopathy, campaigning for Ron Paul, trying to read my Bible, being a wife, and about a thousand other things, I am working on this article. As time will allow I am starting to dive into this, reading article after article of a possible food shortage in our country not fully understanding the big picture. Talking with local farmers, and other food buying club individuals, I continue to run across this statement “ before the shortage the price of food will rise.” Well, I have heard this was coming, and I have seen a slight jump in food, but nothing to write home about. We usually buy in bulk, and raise most of our food, so I am not so effected , or so I thought. I have an Organic/ natural food co-op. We order every 4-8 weeks depending upon how many we have ordering. Today was my ordering day, so I thought I will order extra, because I always like to stock up . We are into the preparedness lifestyle, so it is nothing out of ordinary for me to do so. Well, as it just so happens I called the company in which I order from, she proceeds to take my order. Let’s just say that I did not get no where near as much stuff as I wanted to get. In the last 4-6 weeks prices on some things have doubled. I could not believe what I was hearing. Now, I have heard many on the shortwave radio talk of these things but I have never seen it so in your face as I have today. The girl who took my order was not surprised that I felt that way, apparently she is dealing with this on regular basis now(probably every call). Others are probably just as flustered as I was hearing those prices. She did inform me that this is nothing, everything is going up, especially the grains. “ They are going up, and they won’t be going back down any time soon.“ Which brings me back to the comment that I have been hearing as I have been researching my article “before the shortage the price of food will rise.” Are we seeing the build up before the storm or is it just inflation?