Methods of Coping with Food Shortages and High Prices

[LUCKMCFLY]

I know that Europe has had problems on some items, and here the need comes into play that no one in the world escapes from it, to handle this type of problem that most people panic is what the Venezuelans did when they did not they had a place to buy food, and that is, trying to buy basic foodstuffs, everything you can have to resist possible economic shocks and inflation that can plague you, as in Europe most countries are close to going, it is good to go to others to make markets and try to have it saved, on the basis that they take care of the expiration dates.

In Venezuela, the country under which they helped to get food is Colombia and Brazil, despite the fact that both countries sold very expensive or sell expensive some food, Venezuelans made and make the effort to buy it, this is a strategy to be able to cope with this type of crisis.

[qwertyup23]

Most of those suggestions are just not what everybody can do. If you got a large family and live in an apartment, where are you going to grow all those vegetables? And even if you got the space you probably won’t be able to grow it fast enough.

I agree with stock piling with bulk on some certain food groups. During covid many people bought tons of rice and flour and most are probably going to do that soon.

Making people eat less is not a good solution because even if someone is over weight and can eat less they will suffer in the process.

This only works if the person has sufficient landscape to produce those bearing fruits- but yea, unfortunately not all people has the necessary land space for this. Though the suggestions are feasible, like you mentioned, the best possible thing to do to cope with food shortages is to purchase bulk orders and stock them as soon as possible. With high prices come high demand, it is but necessary but to purchase more before prices do increase further in the future.

Personally, this is a problem that the government must addressed to its citizens. They must come up with a mechanism that combat food shortages and high prices as inflation is increasing.

[AmoreJaz]

Most of those suggestions are just not what everybody can do. If you got a large family and live in an apartment, where are you going to grow all those vegetables? And even if you got the space you probably won’t be able to grow it fast enough.

I agree with stock piling with bulk on some certain food groups. During covid many people bought tons of rice and flour and most are probably going to do that soon.

Making people eat less is not a good solution because even if someone is over weight and can eat less they will suffer in the process.

This only works if the person has sufficient landscape to produce those bearing fruits- but yea, unfortunately not all people has the necessary land space for this. Though the suggestions are feasible, like you mentioned, the best possible thing to do to cope with food shortages is to purchase bulk orders and stock them as soon as possible. With high prices come high demand, it is but necessary but to purchase more before prices do increase further in the future.

Personally, this is a problem that the government must addressed to its citizens. They must come up with a mechanism that combat food shortages and high prices as inflation is increasing.

but another thing to worry about for most is the financial capability to make those big purchases for stocks. a lot of families are just earning enough for their basic expenses so they don't have the capability to buy extra. if you have a family with little to no budget for extra supplies, maybe, you can also evaluate your food expenditures. check if you are buying unnecessary things that are only going to waste. sometimes, we just neglect some foods and haven't used it up until we can't consume anymore. assess the budget where it really ends up with. maybe, there are some items you are purchasing not worth your penny. bottomline, be frugal. don't buy luxury things if you are in a tight budget. live within your means.

[Emitdama]

This method works only once. You will eat all your grown vegetables during 1 meal Then you will have to wait months till next harvest. And before that wait months before these light will be delivered. lol. Google say human can survive about 10 days without food and water. Good luck with these lamps. All your suggestion are long term investment. It is too late to use them as a method to survive now.

Same thought I have in my mind before but I think that will only happen if you plant in small quantities but what if you have a big farm? and you also have other kinds of food to eat, not only the ones that you are planting. They can still last for a long time. Also not all vegetables grows longer like a month or two but there are also that grows faster like for a week only or it can be lesser than that.

For the fruits, the OP already shown an example how we can save time waiting for them to grow but for the delivery of the lamps, there might be delays depending on which country you live but I think they are also available locally. You can just buy them straight away.

[SirLancelot]

another thing to worry about for most is the financial capability to make those big purchases for stocks. a lot of families are just earning enough for their basic expenses so they don't have the capability to buy extra. if you have a family with little to no budget for extra supplies, maybe, you can also evaluate your food expenditures. check if you are buying unnecessary things that are only going to waste. sometimes, we just neglect some foods and haven't used it up until we can't consume anymore. assess the budget where it really ends up with. maybe, there are some items you are purchasing not worth your penny. bottomline, be frugal. don't buy luxury things if you are in a tight budget. live within your means.

Thank you for making such a very good point. Not every family has such an amount of money to be stocking up on food stuff. Most of them can only afford just regular stuff that they buy on a daily. So, the best thing that they can do for themselves when the situation is bad and things in the market gets costly is to work on their expenses.

It would be best for them to reduce the level of expenses that they are making and cut off on the unnecessary things that they do not need. Whatever expenses that they are making in a time like that should be only on things that are necessary for them or should I say their needs and not unnecessary wants.

[darewaller]

First of all you do not get to know when the prices of things in the market would go down. So, if you’re going to be buying all these things you have mentioned here like a bag of wheat and rice, you are still going to be buying them at a really high price.

So, my own suggestion is that these things are not the things that you should wait till there is a situation of high cost of food before you start buying them. these are things you should be buying on a regular even when things are cheap and storing them in your house as long as they are going to last and not spoil. So, if there happens to be such a situation, you will be sure that the ones that you have already stocked up will last you for some time before you start talking about buying new ones. And before you start buying again,you must have at least gathered some enough money to start doing that.

[Freeesta]

Great idea! The beans will also give you gas to keep you warm