Adaptation to climate change

[petros]

Another bull**** fear based strory to induce panic and gain approval for eugenics.

Drought isn't an issue. There are oodles of drought resistant food crops.

Don't let the bull**** sucker you in.

 

[JLM]

Another bull**** fear based strory to induce panic and gain approval for eugenics.

Drought isn't an issue. There are oodles of drought resistant food crops.

Don't let the bull**** sucker you in.

Spuds being one!

Ashcroft was once a potato capital of the world!

 

[beaker]

Another bull**** fear based strory to induce panic and gain approval for eugenics.

Drought isn't an issue. There are oodles of drought resistant food crops.

Don't let the bull**** sucker you in.

Another cat**** fear based reaction to an extensive research paper by Canadian University researchers. A 56 page study that petros passed judgement on within two minutes. Drought is an issue, and if you read the report you will find that it is only one of many climate change related events that are expected to become more extreme, including heat events, which are enough of themselves to force migrations.

another small excerpt.

http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MRS42.pdf

Panels of retired military officers and consultants to the US security establishment describe abrupt
climate change as a potential “threat multiplier” that could trigger violent conflicts and stimulate waves of distress migration that further destabilize vulnerable nations (CNA, 2007; Schwartz and Randall, 2003).

Don't let the cat**** sucker you out.

Spuds being one!

Ashcroft was once a potato capital of the world!

I would say that there had to be a lot of irrigation to grow many spuds in Ashcroft.

 

[EagleSmack]

Don't let the cat**** sucker you out.

Catchup?

 

[beaker]

Catchup?

Maybe that is it, he is currently a long way behind.

 

[petros]

Another cat**** fear based reaction to an extensive research paper by Canadian University researchers. A 56 page study that petros passed judgement on within two minutes. Drought is an issue, and if you read the report you will find that it is only one of many climate change related events that are expected to become more extreme, including heat events, which are enough of themselves to force migrations.

IF (and it's one **** of a big IF) global warming gets out of hand we'll see floods rather than droughts but you keep denying that.

 

[beaker]

IF (and it's one **** of a big IF) global warming gets out of hand we'll see floods rather than droughts but you keep denying that.

If (and it is one **** of a big IF) you were to read the research, here,

http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MRS42.pdf

you would find that floods are a factor also being considered, give it a try.

 

[petros]

The crop of the past will be the crop of the future and it grows well hot/dry or cold/damp.
10 Reasons to eat Buckwheat





Buckwheat is very nutritious, it can be served as an alternative to rice or porridge.

Buckwheat is not actually a cereal grain but a fruit seed related to rhubarb and sorrel. This means that people who can not eat wheat and grains can eat buckwheat as an alternative.

Bees love buckwheat flowers and produce a very dark strong tasting honey - research has shown that the darker the honey the more antioxidants the honey contains .

So why not give buckwheat a try?

To start with just cook some up in a small pan to get the true flavour, let your imagination do the rest.

Click here for buckwheat recipe
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Here are 10 reasons to include buckwheat into your diet :
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• Buckwheat contains all 8 amino acids which are essential for good health.

2. Buckwheat is high in magnesium,iron,copper,zinc,manganese,phosphorus and also B vitamins.

3. It is high in fiber which we all know is good for us and keeps our bowels moving.

4. It is high in flavonoids which act as an antioxidant which help protect your body against free radicals.

5. Buckwheat contains omega 3 oils.

6. It lowers glucose levels which is helpful for people with diabetes.

7. Buckwheat can lower blood pressure.

8. It has proven to help lower cholesterol.

9. It can take as little as 5 minutes to cook.

10. It tastes delicious.

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If (and it is one **** of a big IF) you were to read the research, here,

http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/MRS42.pdf

you would find that floods are a factor also being considered, give it a try.

How old are you and do you plan on getting a job? If you do decide the working life is good for you then get your ass into food production.

The money is great if you have the right equipment and genetics.

 

[EagleSmack]

Its time we start planting Einkorn and start this thing all over.

 

[petros]

Its time we start planting Einkorn and start this thing all over.

Great idea but you're not the first. Wheat started as a perennial and that trait is being brought back but with far higher yeilds and the capability of two harvest a year without having to replant every spring or fall.

HOORAY FOR CROP SCIENCES!

 

[JLM]

I would say that there had to be a lot of irrigation to grow many spuds in Ashcroft.

I would say there would have to be a lot of irrigation to grow ANYTHING in Ashcroft. (Dryest weather station in B.C.)

 

[petros]

There is no money in potatoes.

 

[JLM]

There is no money in potatoes.

There is in B.C.- the bastards are charging anywhere from 40 to 70 cents a lb. for a 10 lb. bag of Russets, more for Red.

 

[petros]

There is in B.C.- the bastards are charging anywhere from 40 to 70 cents a lb. for a 10 lb. bag of Russets, more for Red.

Thanks to BC Carbon taxes, input and delivery cost are over the top, then if you throw in the cost of irrigation permits it's really ****ed.
Russets are $18.99 for a 50lb box in SK.

 

[beaker]

Good point about the buckwheat, there are a good number of traditional crops that are being reinvestigated for production. Off the target once again with the get a job comments, but it does raise an issue that we should address,

Environmental Jobs. Green Jobs. Renewable Energy Jobs. GoodWork Canada.

A listing of jobs in green industry that give people a chance to break out of the chaching mentality associated with so much of the irrelevant work that is being done. These jobs would give people an opportunity to be helpful to community and national adaptation to climate change.

 

[JLM]

Thanks to BC Carbon taxes, input and delivery cost are over the top, then if you throw in the cost of irrigation permits it's really ****ed.
Russets are $18.99 for a 50lb box in SK.

"Permits" to me is spelt B.U.R.E.A.U.C.R.A.C.Y. Very seldom a legitimate cost, or at least 80% of it. :lol:

If I was growing spuds I'd set up a roadside stand and sell them after dark. :lol:

 

[beaker]

Thanks to BC Carbon taxes, input and delivery cost are over the top, then if you throw in the cost of irrigation permits it's really ****ed.
Russets are $18.99 for a 50lb box in SK.

BCs carbon taxes don't amount to a hill of beans in comparison to the cost of fuel without the tax, the cost of fertilizers and sprays, the cost of marketing and processing, the costs of land, the costs of seed. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the carbon tax cost were so low as to be of a similar value in the cost of marketed goods as the farm labour itself.

 

[petros]

How long have you been farming? If you were a producer you'd know that fuel is by far the biggest input cost of agriculture. Toss a 10% tax on fuels and things skyrocket

 

[beaker]

How long have you been farming? If you were a producer you'd know that fuel is by far the biggest input cost of agriculture. Toss a 10% tax on fuels and things skyrocket

There is approximately a 5% carbon tax on fuels. 1/20th of the cost of fuel. No sky rocketing there unless its fuel for the rocket science you are playing with.

But again worth considering the total costs of fuel, fertilizers, sprays, transportation, all of which are used to produce food. Given that anthropocentric global warming is happening, and we are passing peak oil as we speak, one mitigative and adaptive measure we are working on is finding out where the food is going to come from in a world succumbing to more natural disasters, droughts, heat spells, floods, etc, when we can't even afford fuel because we have been wasting it so badly this past half a century.