wheat

I just found out about a local project that needs funding.  

This project will only be funded if the total of $18k is pledged by Sunday April 17. If they don't meet their goal, they lose all funding. They are halfway there.

The events in Japan - stripping grocery shelves and leaving thousands of families without food, water, electricity, or sanitation - provide us with grim motivation to assess our own levels of personal resilience. How prepared are you if a similar disaster (natural or man-made) were to suddently strike where you live?

I, for one, still have more gaps than I would like. Like many folks, I've been genuinely intending to get around to filling them soon, but noble plans have little value the moment after the unexpected occurs. As Chris often says, it's immeasurably better to be a year early with your preps than a day late.

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Growing Wheat in an Urban Area?

I hesitated to even post this question because it might be too ridiculous. I was thinking about planting some grains in my backyard and then milling them. Is that worth the trouble or do you need really large tracts to make it worth while? My yard is rather small 50' x 50' roughly. Should I try it? If so what type of wheat should I plant? Any other grain suggestions?

From the Financial Times:

Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban on Thursday, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 which spread through developing countries dependent on imports.

The announcement by Vladimir Putin came as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation called an emergency meeting to discuss the wheat shortage, and riots in Mozambique left seven dead.

SagerXX mentioned in DIAP's "Successful Food Storage" thread how hard it is to get people to commit their hard earned cash.

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