Future Food scarcity in the US
I’m two years into the vegetable garden adventure in zone 6b, got pretty significant beds (4 25’ x 5‘ beds) as well as random plants put anywhere that they seem like they might survive. I grow meaningful amounts of tomatoes, beans, onions, garlic greens and so on. One thing that really really flummoxes me is how few of my friends and neighbors are doing the same. We live pretty rurally so most people I know have the space to grow vegetables. But most of them aren’t. I’ve raised the point with many of my friends that food scarcity might be coming for the United States, but none of them seem to believe me or seem particularly interested in trying to prepare for it.
My sister lives in a big city, but has sufficient garden space that she could grow too. But she just shakes my head and implies that I’m nuts for worrying about it.
I told my husband the other day that I am actually worried about tomato bandits ** edited to add that I’m not seriously worried about bandits and this was kind of a joke**this summer, if the price of tomatoes really gets as high as this projected. I think he kind of thinks I’m crazy too.
Anyone else gardening as a hedge against looming food in security?