“If the definition of shortage is that you can’t find it on the shelves, then no, the concern is not valid. If the concern is higher cost for it, then yes.”
I read this quote yesterday on the news feed and I clipped it out and knew that I would want to write a post about it.. What a interesting point, I swear someone needs a bit more media training..
This lovely qoute was in regards to news and blogs posts in regards to the pig and pork issues that have been talked about over the past while due to the insane rising feed costs, here is the first post I did in this regards..
So is that going to be the future in the big food policy.. shortage, well if you can’t afford it, sure, there will be a shortage of it, but if you got the money honey, don’t worry the store itself will be full, the food is there, but only for those that can afford to take hike after hike after hike in price..
Don’t like it, well that’s ok, we are meeting the market need, the product is available, can’t afford it, O we are so sorry, maybe you should just make a little more, spend a little more on food or just buy a premade product in the freezer section that is cheaper but don’t look at what else we put in that food.
I am really starting to wonder if in the future, we will see the same issues I often saw in the north, that the crap food was cheaper to buy then the whole food is, that buying a instant meal is cheaper then buying the parts that make the meal..
Cuz if that is the future for many, let me tell you having lived in the artic and having seen if first hand, the health of everyone suffers in a big way!
What do you think, do you think that we are going to see more and more of the idea that the single or family portion sizes are going to be cheaper then buying the whole items and creating your own meals at home?
Just another Day on the Farm 
I see it going the way of the dirty thirties,very few people could afford more than rice, dried beans and porridge. Eggs and meat were traded for medicine,shoes,boots,coats etc.Soup kitchens were plentiful as most people were hungry. My father says soup was a misnomer, for the soup was cabbage,onion a bit of potatoe with a layer of grease floating on top from a chunk of fatback. This gave people neede calories but was greatly watered down. We will soon be stretching meat as far as we can. A far cry form the years I raised my children and had freezers full of beef,pork chicken etc and never had a meal without meat or eggs.Feeding your families will take greater ingenuity and the ressurgence of “make a meal out of practically anything as our grandmothers did”mom
That looks to be already true, especially regarding processed foods loaded with synthetic additives. LOL, as I’m trying to write this comment, I’m realizing I have SO much to say about this topic! I should write a post too! I’ll link to you if I follow through and get it written 😉
look forward to reading it! and I am honored that something I wrote inspired a blog post, that is a high point..
You know, I never really thought about this before but:
Sobey’s, Foodland & FreshCo.
Loblaw’s, Independant & No Frills.
Metro & Food Basics…
We already buy what & where we can afford… Who says there’s no class system in Canada?