"Farm1" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> merryb wrote:
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>>> Julie is not in an area affected by the drought....
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>> I'm not but they say it will affect food prices for the whole country.
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> So? Many things have an impact on prices and invariably the prices go up,
> but they have always gone up rathter than down. Just because there is a
> drought somewhere in a huge, rich country like the US does not mean that
> you need to stockpile. If you were in Ethiopia then I could understand
> why you may do so, but not in the US or any western country. At least not
> yet. That point may come given time.

Well I personally need to because my husband is retiring and AFAIK hasn't
gotten another job yet. He says he has but I will believe it when I see it.
And part of his retirement pay may not come to us for a year or so. So our
income is cut in about half but we will still need to eat.