"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Food prices could get scary this year. We have some serious interruptions
> in the food supply due to rain or lack of rain, depending on the location.
> Most of the productive areas in North America are experience record
> rainfalls and floods. Fields are too wet for farmers to to get out and
> work their fields, too wet to plant. Much of western Europe is facing
> drought conditions. They have had little or no rain during the critical
> sprouting and initial growth periods. China is also experiencing severe
> droughts. It seems that there is either not enough water, or there is way
> too much.

Some analyst said that in 2012, the big deal won't be whether you have a
Christmas Tree or not, but whether you will be able to find and to afford
the fixings for the Christmas dinner. Maybe he's right because that's about
a year and a half away.

Cheri