Download or read book Growing Food at Home written by Dennis DeLaurier and published by Dennis DeLaurier. This book was released on 2024-03-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION Why I wrote this book. I have been growing my food for many years. As I write this book it is March 11, 2024. As I grow and purchase food for my family, I can see a food shortage in the U.S. in the coming years of 2024 / 2025. So this book is about food security and for those who never grew any of their food. No matter where you live, you can grow your food. If prices keep getting inflated to the point that you can no longer afford it, it won‟t matter if it is piled high. There are real food supply problems facing the global population. If you don‟t believe any of this, then ask yourself why have food prices risen so fast lately. One thing is certain, the US is much better off than the rest of the global community as North America grows much of its food. And yes, the US is part of North America. Where the real problems lie is in the rest of the world where there are real climate-induced shortages. The climate has NOTHING to do with CO2. 2024 / 2025 may see real starvation in some locations as globally there will not be enough food to go around. We are now starting to see the same climate problems devastating the UK and EU here in the US. Most western parts of the US are seeing drought and it seems to be moving east. This drought has caused the Mississippi River to dry up and completely stop barge traffic and commodity deliveries. The author of this book lives in Central Texas, and it was very hot and dry from the start of spring and has not let up much in late October. Almost all the cotton south of here failed for lack of rain. If I had to survive on the food I produced this year it would have been difficult. What the heat and the drought didn‟t get the bugs (especially grasshoppers) did. So what is it all about in this book “GROWING FOOD AT HOME”? Over and over I will say “It‟s time to grow your own food” or “Start a garden”. The answer is, probably 99% or more of people alive in the US have never missed a meal. For almost the last 90 years, the US has enjoyed just about anything it ever needed or wanted. So the feeling is that it‟s just the way things are, and they will never change. “THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE”