Almost everything that I read predicts an eminent food shortage, and I'm pretty sure that we are going to have one.
Will Harris
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Will's Wisdom: Food & Supply Shortages
Will's Wisdom: Functioning Life Cycles
We get dozens of visitors to our farm every day. Some spend the night, some eat with us, and some just stop by. This is pleasing to us. We are fiercely proud of what we do.
The Farmer's Role in the Food System
The farmer can, and probably will, be taken out of the equation when his utility is gone. We have been left in the equation (food chain) because we provide land, labor, and other inputs at a lower cost than the big boys in the chain (big AG, food processing, food service companies) can provide for...
Will's Wisdom: Cheap Food Ain't Cheap
A couple of years ago, I was asked to speak at the Old Boulderado Hotel in Boulder, Colorado. It is a historical building that has been well kept up since its heyday in the early 1900's.
We get a fair amount of complaints because we are often “out of stock” on items in our online store. It pisses customers off, and we hate that.
We industrialized, centralized, and commoditized agriculture [food production].