Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

We already have shortages of produce here at times. Have had for a few
years.