Hard times for veg*ns
Posted by yabbitgirl on Jun 12, 2008 · Member since Apr 2006 · 14266 posts
Well, the rise in gas prices has finally started a series of transport strikes across Europe. Spain is in the midst of one, which being translated means--no fresh fruit or vegetables. I went to the supermarket this AM and there was zilch nada. Nothing. Between lack of supply and people stockpiling what little there is...sigh. There are 80 proposals on the bargaining table and they are getting nowhere fast.
What bites me in the ass is that the strikes don't affect big oil. The gas stations are jammed with people queueing for gas and the transport strike only affects the normal Joe on the street who can't do anything about it and has nothing to do with it.
Guess that's the idea. To make it as uncomfortable for the people as possible. That sucks.
No fresh fruit or vegetables!! :o
How's a veg*n to survive???
My produce co-op lost its supplier for while, so I went without fruits and veggies for about a month because I can't afford store prices. Other than the scurvy, I'm fine.
Potential problems like this are one of the reasons why I grow as much of my own as I can. Right now we have a serious lack of tomatoes due to this salmonella problem, but it has no effect on me. I've got about 30 fresh tomatoes sitting on my counter and that's just what I pulled off yesterday! I wish I could send you some yabbit. I wish everybody had room for a garden.
No fresh fruit or vegetables!! :o
How's a veg*n to survive???
Hummus...falafel...chilli...but legumes aren't terribly full of vitamin C...
My neighbour who walks a TOTALLY different belief path from my own, brought me half a watermelon today. She acted like she was half-scared to offer it to me, like she was afraid I'd say, "Get away from me!" I was so surprised and happy I just reached over and kissed her on the cheek! Cuz it's hard to hug someone who's just handed you a watermelon...
Potential problems like this are one of the reasons why I grow as much of my own as I can. Right now we have a serious lack of tomatoes due to this salmonella problem, but it has no effect on me. I've got about 30 fresh tomatoes sitting on my counter and that's just what I pulled off yesterday! I wish I could send you some yabbit. I wish everybody had room for a garden.
I wish every community had community gardens. This came from the "Texas Gardener"s Seeds" e-newsletter.
"Outstanding community gardens win 2008 Mantis Award
Twenty-five community gardens from across the United States ranging from a former concrete jungle in the Sonoran Desert city of Tucson to a 4H club in Illinois which donated more than 10,000 pounds of food to a local food bank have been selected to receive the 2008 Mantis Award for Community Gardens. Each winning community garden has received a lightweight Mantis Tiller/Cultivator for use in its gardening program.
According to Steve LePera, Media Manager for Mantis, the criteria for selection included evaluating the gardening program’s vision, organization and service to the community. The Mantis Award for Community Gardens is an annual award that began in 1995.
Each year, Mantis is delighted to recognize wonderful community gardening programs for their dedication to gardening education and their success in bringing positive gardening experiences to people in their local communities, said LePera. This year’s crop of community gardens is living proof that gardening makes the world a better place, one garden at a time.
For more information about the Mantis Award contact the National Gardening Association at (800) 538-7476 or visit the website at www.kidsgardening.com. For more information about the Mantis line of gardening tools, visit the Web site at www.mantis.com.
2008 Mantis Award Winner for Texas: South Plains Food Bank, Inc. GRUB, 4612 Locust Avenue, Lubbock.
The South Plains Food Bank project began as a means to grow food for low-income and food bank clients. Through the help of local experts, who teach monthly classes there, it has also become a job and life skills training ground for low-income and at risk teens."
I used to live in Lubbock and used to think it was one of the meanest as far as concern for the poor and homeless. I'm very proud of my former hometown! ;)b
OMG a scary thought just came over me.
I was reading this and thought, man I wish I could have a garden, I love fresh grown fruits and veggies, they taste better and they are fun to grow. Then for a second I thought, maybe next year I will be able to because I won't be here in Houston anymore! Then a terrible thought overcame me, I have NO CLUE where I am going to be at next year at this time!
Anybody else like that. I know where I am going to be for about the next 6 months but after that I have no idea. Kind of unsettling.
But wherever I am I am sure I will still be talking to you'all here on VW! And I hope it is better than here, somehow I think it will be.
OMG I AM GOING TO HAVE A 8 MONTH OLD CHILD by this time next year. WOW :o :o :o
Now the strikers are stopping trucks trying to get into the city with fresh foods and dumping the crates out onto the highways.
Oh that'll really make big oil sit up and take notice. I'm sure OPEC are shaking in their boots---NOT.
>:( :(
Well... if they're dumping produce out on the highways... I guess you could just go out there and pick it up. If anything is too damaged to eat, you can throw it at the strikers.
"GIVE ME MY FOOD YOU IDIOTS!"
;D
I would be SO angry if that happened here. I really would just take a basket and start shopping on the side of the road. "What? You won't let them in, so I came out here. How much for the broccoli?"