What can an average JOE do to face the global food crisis?

[bitgov]

After reading the suggestions - what did average Joe decided to do.
I believe Joe can take care of the food, grow his food, save water. And make a minimalist approach towards life.
Less is more.

That's easy to say but providing your own with those needs will require you to do your own effort if you're living not in an urban area. In most rural areas, you should be the one that's exerting effort for you to produce those things. Well, that goes for my country and I guess in other countries that haven't been reached yet by government programs.

But let's put it this way if there's an emergency, I saw on the news that one of the burger chains in our country is lacking patties. So that's giving the true idea and fact that there's really a shortage of supply of food.

The best thing for me to do is to put them into storage and acquire stocks. It's not yet that severe and extreme shortage but putting a little by little with my budget is a way to start.

I think - we all need to put our phones down for a while and work.
Try to add plants to our surrounding - grow fruits trees - if not there is a way to make a balcony kitchen garden. Which helps cutting the cost and gives back energy.

[Shasha80]

Honestly, I'm one of those people who only work to fulfill my daily needs. Because the average income in my country is not large, so I can only
buy daily necessities from the income I get from working. Even I don't have money to go on vacation or buy luxury goods, my life is like
middle-class people in general. So when the price of daily necessities rises, all I can do is, of course, find ways to increase my income.

Fortunately, since getting to know crypto my economy has started to improve,  because there are many opportunities to be able to make money
from the crypto world. Now I don't have to worry about the increase in food prices, I can still buy food even though the price goes up, because
my income has increased. So the best solution is indeed we have to work hard by finding ways to make even more money with the increase
in food prices today. Moreover, information is very easy to get with easy internet access, I also got information about crypto and found out how to
make more money from the internet. So take advantage of technology to make our lives much better than before.

You are not alone, as many people are into crypto just like you.
So you should not think that you are alone.
I'm sure one day we will have a better life and investing in crypto will provide an opportunity for us to have a better income.
With improved technology, we are one step ahead and can have more opportunities to make money from the internet.

I thank this forum can make me gain knowledge how to use crypto to make money. I have also been active in this forum so I know many people
who have the same experience as me, so I don't feel alone anymore. Besides now I feel my economy is getting better, and for now I have
started planning for retirement. By regularly buying Bitcoin and Ethereum for long term investments, because these two coins have the potential
to give me big profits in the future. Moreover, this year the market is bearish, so it's the right time to accumulate Bitcoin and Ethereum.
I am very happy that technological developments are very fast, although I know that technological developments will also have a negative impact,
but as long as we get more benefits from technological advances, we should be grateful for that. So we can face the current global food crisis.

[iv4n]

For a while I watched Doomsday Preppers on National Geography, I laughed at the fact how far some people are willing to go in preparation for disasters that can happen! They were stacking food, gasoline, weapons, and all sort of things for +2 years! Every once and a while renewing stuff that has an expiration date! Some of them were learning how to make ammunition, imagine if they spend all and they can't buy it? So they need to learn how to make it!

This situation and topic reminded me of that show! Where this world is going in the 21st century?! Do we all need to become preppers?! And what's with all the people who live in the cities, in small condos!? They simply don't have enough space to do that... so I guess average Joe can be quiet and hope for the best!

[Mauser]

Buying and hoarding food is one way to prepare for the big food crisis next year. Right now it seems that the food supply for this year is guaranteed and only in 2023 we will feel shortages. In case of buying canned or dried food that will last for many years and shouldn't be an option. I think there are even companies who offer big boxes of a wide variety of food that cover all the essentials people need to survive on. But most dried and canned food is not as delicious and nutritious as fresh food. It's important to also store herbs and vitamin supplements. One alternative could be if you own a house to start a garden and plant your own food. Planting some potatoes or vegetables could help a lot and will provide some fresh food at a reasonable price. Having a piece of land somewhere outside of the city if we live in an apartment could also be helpful.

[yhiaali3]

Storing food will not solve the problem, especially if we are talking about a long-term crisis. First, you need money to buy foodstuffs, and secondly, you need the tools to save these materials and thus pay more costs. So, in my opinion, the best solution is to search for additional income and increase your savings so that you are able to Spending and buying the necessary food when needed, but since the value of paper money is increasing and losing its value over time, it is better to store bitcoin or gold because its value can grow with time.

[NotATether]

Will buying more food and storing it solve the problem, or trying to start farming or investing and trying to increase his money to buy food at any price? Or what?

Erm... how about not wasting food in the first place?

I watched in a re-run of a recorded UN conference where the speaker was giving some statistics: "About 1/3 of all farm output is wasted somewhere in the supply chain". This was some years ago, so long before any of these events happened.

To preserve the food you have will offset Ukraine's (for example) wheat output greatly.

You don't need complex solutions for simple problems...

[sunsilk]

That's easy to say but providing your own with those needs will require you to do your own effort if you're living not in an urban area. In most rural areas, you should be the one that's exerting effort for you to produce those things. Well, that goes for my country and I guess in other countries that haven't been reached yet by government programs.

But let's put it this way if there's an emergency, I saw on the news that one of the burger chains in our country is lacking patties. So that's giving the true idea and fact that there's really a shortage of supply of food.

The best thing for me to do is to put them into storage and acquire stocks. It's not yet that severe and extreme shortage but putting a little by little with my budget is a way to start.

I think - we all need to put our phones down for a while and work.
Try to add plants to our surrounding - grow fruits trees - if not there is a way to make a balcony kitchen garden. Which helps cutting the cost and gives back energy.

In those places that they've got a spare land to plant all of those, they can do that.

But as you know in some cities, highly urbanized cities, you rarely see some plants and trees because of the tall buildings that they've got. In some way, they can still do that like doing it on rooftops if it's allowed by the management.

Well, if you're living far from the city and urban areas, you can all do this. And not just that, it's also like a stress reliever when you do so.

[n0ne]

Everyone needs to understand the ultimate of making money. First thing is to fill our stomach, people are passionate about different things, they've got dreams, they've got goals to be achieved and it continues. For everything to happen, one need to live their lives. This isn't possible without food, some claim they'll live with just consuming water. This isn't the reality.

For now the better way is to learn to survive, which means educate yourself to grow something that can fulfill your food needs when the situation turns worse. Most people mentioned of agriculture, you could concentrate on livestock which helps earn as well as fulfill food needs.

[Hamphser]

Everyone needs to understand the ultimate of making money. First thing is to fill our stomach, people are passionate about different things, they've got dreams, they've got goals to be achieved and it continues. For everything to happen, one need to live their lives. This isn't possible without food, some claim they'll live with just consuming water. This isn't the reality.

For now the better way is to learn to survive, which means educate yourself to grow something that can fulfill your food needs when the situation turns worse. Most people mentioned of agriculture, you could concentrate on livestock which helps earn as well as fulfill food needs.

Part of our instincts or even a behavior on where we do normally find ways for us to live and survive via means on earning money because having no money would surely put you into trouble since you cant
able to survive if you dont have this one and the way on earning income is to have some job and if its not enough then find for side income whether finding another side jobs or making some investment
which would serve out to be an another source of income on where it could possibly give out those chances for you to have a more better life status or situation where you could
really able to do all sorts of things when you do have money or funds.

[Silberman]

After reading the suggestions - what did average Joe decided to do.
I believe Joe can take care of the food, grow his food, save water. And make a minimalist approach towards life.
Less is more.

That's easy to say but providing your own with those needs will require you to do your own effort if you're living not in an urban area. In most rural areas, you should be the one that's exerting effort for you to produce those things. Well, that goes for my country and I guess in other countries that haven't been reached yet by government programs.

But let's put it this way if there's an emergency, I saw on the news that one of the burger chains in our country is lacking patties. So that's giving the true idea and fact that there's really a shortage of supply of food.

The best thing for me to do is to put them into storage and acquire stocks. It's not yet that severe and extreme shortage but putting a little by little with my budget is a way to start.

Agreed, the average person is never going to be able to do that, they may purchase a little bit more of food, but that is it, as we must remember that most people live paycheck to paycheck and they do not have any significant savings they can use to buy more food, and even if they could do that this will only aggravate the problem, since now the demand for food will increase while the supply is going down, making the price of food to grow even faster.

[bitgov]

Agreed, the average person is never going to be able to do that, they may purchase a little bit more of food, but that is it, as we must remember that most people live paycheck to paycheck and they do not have any significant savings they can use to buy more food, and even if they could do that this will only aggravate the problem, since now the demand for food will increase while the supply is going down, making the price of food to grow even faster.

I think - everyone can do something in their capacity.
The charity begins at home, small savings and investments can help you get rid of so many problem. Like saving up - growing organic food - leaving less carbon footprints. can bring in a positive change in home and environment.

[lovesmayfamilis]

When the pandemic hit and many were quarantined, it was a rehearsal for what the world had in store for the future.

Now, reading how many write about the need to buy products, I have a question. How long can these products be stored? In any case, they will end one day. And then what? Posts about catching cats and rats look like complete nonsense. I'm just not ready and don't want to live in a world where people turn into animals.

Anyone who thinks that the world's end is coming and wants to extend their life expectancy should move away from civilizations. There you will be in complete nirvana, turning away from all the advice, news, and generally unnecessary garbage that the Internet carries.

[Kakmakr]

There are not really a lot that you can do..... the food prices has already increased substantially and I think there are not a lot of people in the position to buy bulk at these inflated prices. Even if you buy in bulk, most food items have an expiry date... so you will have to use those food items within a few months..or it will spoil. 

I buy certain food items that last longer in bulk, like Rice & Flour & Tea & Powered Milk & Oats & Red Wine ...etc. Most of these products will last a year or longer.... so I am hoping that everything will return to normal....way before they reach their expiry date. 

[bitgov]

There are not really a lot that you can do..... the food prices has already increased substantially and I think there are not a lot of people in the position to buy bulk at these inflated prices. Even if you buy in bulk, most food items have an expiry date... so you will have to use those food items within a few months..or it will spoil. 

I buy certain food items that last longer in bulk, like Rice & Flour & Tea & Powered Milk & Oats & Red Wine ...etc. Most of these products will last a year or longer.... so I am hoping that everything will return to normal....way before they reach their expiry date. 

The wise people are investing in food business - the high inflation all around the globe has put everyone in so much trouble. So saving is very helpful.
Save money, save water, save food and save your health. You can do some real magic - if you save yourself from the toxic stuff and people.

[Oilacris]

There are not really a lot that you can do..... the food prices has already increased substantially and I think there are not a lot of people in the position to buy bulk at these inflated prices. Even if you buy in bulk, most food items have an expiry date... so you will have to use those food items within a few months..or it will spoil. 

I buy certain food items that last longer in bulk, like Rice & Flour & Tea & Powered Milk & Oats & Red Wine ...etc. Most of these products will last a year or longer.... so I am hoping that everything will return to normal....way before they reach their expiry date. 

The wise people are investing in food business - the high inflation all around the globe has put everyone in so much trouble. So saving is very helpful.
Save money, save water, save food and save your health. You can do some real magic - if you save yourself from the toxic stuff and people.

Easy to say but acquiring these things wont be simple considering that it do need something for you to be able to achieve on.

Save money? You do need different source of income
Save water? This is a global thing aspect
Save food? Cant avoid high increase of price
Save health? This vary since not all are really that mindful about the condition.

Common sense would be the key with some extreme effort when you are trying out to prepare on something.

[teosanru]

We started reading more reports that talk about the possibility of a global food crisis, especially in poor countries.

• https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/05/18/world-bank-announces-planned-actions-for-global-food-crisis-response
• https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/22/britain-slashes-humanitarian-aid-by-51-despite-global-food-crisis
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/food-crisis-ukraine-war-1.6460194
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61503049

Supply chain problems, war, inflation, fertilizers will set fire to the already high food prices.

What can the average middle-class person do to protect themselves from food problems?
Will buying more food and storing it solve the problem, or trying to start farming or investing and trying to increase his money to buy food at any price? Or what?

An average JOE will undoubtedly the one who will be most affected by this type of situation, he will not only be seeing squeezing in his income but will also see the expenses rising due to disrupted supply chains, the only way to treat this is by either creating the goods yourself or having direct contacts with someone pretty up in the supply chain. Due to obvious reasons you can't produce everything yourself so I would suggest make some contacts with people make some self help groups where people could help each other in these situations this is the only way how one average JOE can survive by being with other average JOE and being together as a team.

[White pawn]

An average Joe can start with trying to cultivate the land to plant and harvest his own food. That is in my opinion, the best way to avoid starving to death. In doing so, the average Joe can cultivate and plant crops for his personal consumption and cool also plant some cash crops to sell and buy whatever  cannot provide for himself.
       It's also wise for the average Joe to stock up on grains as much as as he cold. Those are easier to store and keep for a long while.
It's just best to be self-reliant.

[bitgov]

An average Joe can start with trying to cultivate the land to plant and harvest his own food. That is in my opinion, the best way to avoid starving to death. In doing so, the average Joe can cultivate and plant crops for his personal consumption and cool also plant some cash crops to sell and buy whatever  cannot provide for himself.
       It's also wise for the average Joe to stock up on grains as much as as he cold. Those are easier to store and keep for a long while.
It's just best to be self-reliant.

Save up a bit. Try to have your own small kitchen garden where you can get a handful of vegetables daily. So you can save a bit.
Try to save water - use biodegradable items. and live a minimalist life. Follow the life style less is more.

[Dunamisx]

i believe this is not the first time there will be food economic challenge and such will still happen to reoccur in the future ahead but what we can do is how to find a sustainable living amidst such, I don't believe in there won't be crisis but i so much believe in making a living out of it, we have to think and work out some strategies to make us able to over food challenge, if food problem is out of man's need then all his problems is almost solved, we should engage in adequate planning and source for two or more means of income, farming is another Advantage, most of our grand parents were farmers but we understimate the potential in farming activities.

[bitgov]

i believe this is not the first time there will be food economic challenge and such will still happen to reoccur in the future ahead but what we can do is how to find a sustainable living amidst such, I don't believe in there won't be crisis but i so much believe in making a living out of it, we have to think and work out some strategies to make us able to over food challenge, if food problem is out of man's need then all his problems is almost solved, we should engage in adequate planning and source for two or more means of income, farming is another Advantage, most of our grandparents were farmers but we underestimate the potential in farming activities.

He can make a world a better place by working in his capacity - making a small kitchen garden for Joe himself and for the neighbours.
This can bring in some positive change in the environment and society. Little by little we can do it