Subject: There Is A Hunger Coming Like A Run-Away Freight Train: 

Created By Congress

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By: Clint Richardson 

I've driven the almost 400 mile stretch of Interstate 5 from L.A. to Sacramento dozens of times. Quite honestly, it's as boring as it gets. with only the usual gas stations, mini-marts, fast-food, home-cookin' restaurants, and strangely a newer batch of Starbuck's Coffee shops sprouting up everywhere. In between... farms, orchards, cattle, and dirt.

On July 15th, as I began my trip to Utah, I came off the Grapevine decline and hit the flat 250 or so mile stretch of interstate which begins the farming belt in the valley. Almost immediately I noticed what I had only heard about on the radio and in the papers. Where once there were vast fields of green, now there where empty, barely recognizable rows of unplanted dirt and growing weeds. Only sporadically at first, but once I passed Bakersfield and for about a 200 mile stretch, I could not believe my eyes. Field after field laid fallow. And not really fallow, but unattended... as if it was not going to be planted in the near future either. 

Signs were staked in the ground on almost every patch of barren farmland. The most common one, which was yellow and obviously a group effort to wake up the sleeping travelers of their future plight, read:

"CONGRESS CREATED DUST BOWL"

Others, which looked more homemade were posted on non-operational farm equipment parked as close to the freeway as possible, stated things like:

"FOOD ONLY GROWS WHERE WATER FLOWS" -and- 
"NO WATER = NO JOBS = NO FUTURE"

At one point, after 150 miles or so of seeing this horror, I broke down in tears and had to pull over to the side of the road. I saw the aqueduct, which followed Interstate 5 most of the way, and large fields of dead trees which were planted just a few feet from the flowing cement river. I imagined how those trees would feel, imprisoned in the dying dirt by their own roots, if they could indeed comprehend that their source of life was just a stones throw away.

It was like some horrific story-book come to life; science fiction in real time. I was thinking of the farmers and their families and wondering what would become of them and their land. I was thinking about the consequences of hundreds of miles of food no longer being grown, and adding together the other states like Campo, Colorado which have the same situation... only planting 60% of their crops this year.

This deadness went on until the brink of civilization once again began to show. When I approached the Stockton/Modesto highway interchange area the carnage seemed to stop, and the fields appeared to be healthy and bountiful. I can only guess that this is because more people drive on that stretch of the freeway, and so the powers that be are trying to keep up appearances. No other explanation came to mind. 

To the readers of this, I can only say that living in the city has literally blinded me to the truth, even though I knew it was happening. I wonder how many other things I ignore? Many economists and trends predictors have called for food shortages and food riots in the fall, and with what I saw last week, I have new reason to believe them. 

But then, that's the real problem isn't it? Belief... 

If you believe that the food will continue to flow (magically appearing on store shelves in a grocery store near you) and just dismiss the very real claims of shortages worldwide, including a severe wheat shortage in this country due to a harmful fungus, then I might boldly say that you deserve whatever fate befalls you. 

I challenge you all to take a drive up the 5 and see this for yourself. Please! Don't let this go unseen. If you are camera or video savvy, I think it would be a really great photo exhibit or website showing the true nature of our common problem. And you better believe, as you take your daily shower, flush your toilet, and water your fertilized-non-edible grassy yards, that this is indeed a Congress created crisis. So please tell as many people about it as possible.

Lastly, if you haven't already... buy storable food! Go to the dollar store and buy rice and beans. Buy pasta, canned and jar foods, or anything with a shelf-life of more than 6 months. 

What's the worse that can happen? You'll have food for 6 months. 
What's the best that can happen? You'll have food for 6 months.
Take care. Spread this information. Get mad. Fight tyranny. And...
Don't be a sheep.

Clint Richardson

With there being so many fictitious jokes going around, I decided to take the time and go see for myself to validate what Clint had to say.  HE WAS RIGHT!!!  This problem IS HUGE!!!  The pictures below that I took PROVE IT!!!  I could have put up hundreds more, but these will suffice to validate what Clint has to say.

Just a few pictures to show the unplanted fields.  This type of scene is endless.  I have driven this route many times, and these fields have always been green with crops.

This shows how fruit / nut trees are turning brown and dying.  I was told that it is far worse further north, but I just did not have the time to drive any further than what I did.

This is what all of the trees are going to look like in a very short time.

This shows unplanted ground with the fruit trees in the background.  The trees look healthy from here, but that is not so.  They ARE dying.

I talked with one farmer in Lemoore (a Jeremy Lackey), and he told me the following.

1.  Water could be brought from the Delta, but they need the water flowing there to wash the sewage out to sea.

2.  It is NOT the drought that is the problem, but the "Environmentalists" who are with laws passed, robbing the water for their fisheries.  Hundreds of farmers are going bankrupt, which will cause a tremendous food shortage, to save some fish???

3.  Farmers are fighting to save their trees with well water that is running out.  One Almond grower, with thousands of trees, spent over a million dollars for a well system, only to find out that the water was contaminated with Boron, which KILLS the trees.  Living in Boron, named after such, I know all about this chemical, and how deadly it is to life.  Once the Almond trees turn brown, they do not come back.

4.  There are thousands of acres of grape vineyards.  Many of these farmers have just walked away from their farms, as there is no way to save them.

5.  There are something like 700 dairy farms in California, and by the end of the year, that number will be reduced to less than 300.

5.  The whole farm area from north of Bakersfield to at least through Fresno County, is DRYING UP!

6.  The farms in the U. S. are being wiped out in favor of produce being imported from other countries, such as Mexico.  These countries are using chemicals that are OUTLAWED in the U. S. because they are so hazardous to health.

People, the fruit / nut trees have been developed over many years, cover thousands upon thousands of acres, and are worth untold millions.  Someone, somewhere decided to wipe the farmers out for whatever their evil intents might be, and it is costing hundreds of millions, besides wiping out the huge breadbasket in California, all of which COULD BE AVOIDED!

This is also wiping out many thousands of jobs.  The California economy is in great peril, and I doubt 1 in a 100 even realizes just how great that peril is.

And, the problem is not just in California.  The mid-west farm belt is in great trouble, either from drought, or floods.  Food shortage IS ON THE WAY!

Then, a few excerpts from an article written by By Bob Unruh of WorldNetDaily on the same subject, giving more confirmation:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, TO THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIA FARMS as a result of the deepening drought gripping the state.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials said parched reservoirs and patchy rainfall this year were forcing them to completely stop surface water deliveries for at least a two-week period beginning March 1. Authorities said they haven't had to take such a drastic move for more than 15 years.

This is an old report.  The deliveries have been all but stopped completely.

The situation could improve slightly if more rain falls over the next few weeks, and officials will know by mid-March if they can release more irrigation supplies to growers.

Farmers in the nation's No. 1 agriculture state predicted it would cause consumers to pay more for their fruits and vegetables, which would have to be grown using expensive well water.

"Water is our life - it's our jobs and it's our food," said Ryan Jacobsen, executive director of the farm bureau in Fresno County. "Without a reliable water supply, Fresno County's No. 1 employer - agriculture - is at great risk."

The drought would cause an estimated $1.15 billion dollar loss in agriculture-related wages and eliminate as many as 40,000 jobs in farm-related industries in the San Joaquin Valley alone, WHERE MOST OF THE NATION'S PRODUCE AND NUT CROPS ARE GROWN, said Lester Snow, director of the Department of Water Resources.

California's agricultural industry typically receives 80 percent of all the water supplies managed by the federal government - everything from far-off mountain streams and suburban reservoirs. The state supplies drinking water to 23 million residents and 755,000 acres of irrigated farmland.

Farms supplied by flows from the state's system of pumps and canals would also see cutbacks but still get 15 percent of their normal deliveries, Snow said.