PEAK FOOD (e32): Sinabung, Crop Loss Map, Food Prices, “Zero Land Grow” Challenge

by Ice Age Farmer | Mar 8, 2018 | Podcast, Video

As Modern Agriculture fails, we are hitting PEAK FOOD. Are you growing your own? Sinabung’s massive eruption signals, Sudden Stratospheric Warming / Polar vortex split in two. New IAF Crop Loss Map.

https://youtu.be/NufoPDc4osI
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This video is part of Ice Age Farmer Episode 32 — see
http://wiki.iceagefarmer.com/wiki/IAF_Podcast_Episode_32
Part 2: “Zero Land Grow” Challenge:
https://youtu.be/t_TPSbXA81k

* IAF GSM Crop Loss Map
http://iceagefarmer.com/map/

* Winter-kill Temperatures:
http://wiki.iceagefarmer.com/wiki/Winter-kill_Temperatures

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LINKS:
* Sinabung MASSIVE explosion 17km up: we’ve talked “Year Without a Summer”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/921308/Mount-Sinabung-volcano-eruption-update-Indonesia-latest-volcano-chunk-lava-dome-missing
https://watchers.news/2018/02/19/sinabung-eruption-february-19-2018/
adapt 2030 covering: https://youtu.be/iAUOTh7a01o
volcano ash cloud/vei explained: https://youtu.be/QL3gic0dNo0

* Sudden Stratospheric Warming / Polar vortex split in two. Makes headlines.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-16/sudden-stratospheric-warming-event-fractures-polar-vortex-two

* Inverting temps across the US, record cold here in Cali. Winter Storm Oliver, 6 fatalities in US.
https://weather.com/news/news/2018-02-18-winter-storm-oliver-snow-ice-impacts

* Norway, raised concerns about structural collapses, record snow. You know, Norway never gets snow.

Record snowfall in Norway brings warnings of roof cave ins

* Broome, Aus hit by 2 years worth of rain in 2 months
https://watchers.news/2018/02/20/broome-hit-by-two-years-worth-of-rain-in-two-months-western-australia/

* MORE hoax! from NOAA.
New York’s Temperature Record Massively Altered By NOAA

CROP LOSSES:

* Wheat crop worsens:

Wheat: Crop Conditions Fall as Drought Worsens

* Georgia, dry, but also 2.5-4’F cooler:

Georgia: Drought Covers 18% of the State

* India – MASSIVE HAIL LOSS – 8,506 hectares of crop, belonging to 8,300 farmers in 37 villages
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/hailstorm-in-maharashtra-kills-at-least-three-destroys-crops-in-marathwada-vidarbha-59673

* Shortage in India meant more imports, sent global prices for chickpeas up; Britian: +12% YoY, which is greater than

FOOD PRICES:
Last decade via https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/home-and-family/cost-of-common-groceries-10-years/

STRAIGHT UP HEADLINES:

WATER being rationed by armed guards in south africa:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/daily-water-ration-of-25-litres-66-usa.html

Bees: http://wfla.com/2018/01/26/florida-bee-keepers-fewer-bees-could-spell-higher-prices-for-food/

Zimbabwe: http://agroinsurance.com/en/zimbabwe-fall-armyworm-wipes-20-of-midlands-crop/

South Africa: http://agroinsurance.com/en/poor-rains-fall-armyworm-leaves-southern-africa-vulnerable/

Ethiopia: http://agroinsurance.com/en/ethiopia-country-loses-840m-due-to-post-harvest-losses/

Nigeria: Drought, pests — boko haram –http://agroinsurance.com/en/nigeria-boko-haram-drought-pests-destroy-farms-in-borno/
erratic rainfall Nilgiris: http://agroinsurance.com/en/india-erratic-rainfall-in-2017-affects-vegetable-crops-in-nilgiris-dist/

Argentina: http://agroinsurance.com/en/argentina-dealing-with-drought/

Phillippines from Mt Mayon eruption: http://agroinsurance.com/en/philippines-damage-to-agriculture-due-to-mayon-now-at-p185-million/

India: http://agroinsurance.com/en/india-2-5l-acres-of-crop-may-be-lost/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/unseasonal-rain-hailstorm-batter-standing-rabi-crops-in-maharashtra-and-mp/article22733698.ece