I guess we could horde seeds which may become more valuable than gold when times get really tough.<<<
People are hoarding seeds, and I consider it to be a good idea.
If kept cool and dry, they last 5 to 10 years, you won’t get a 100% germination, as they age, but I have used 10 year old seeds.
They have found some of the grains from the time of Christ that will still grow.
With the major seed companies owned by the likes of Soros and few private owners, they are definitely an item that we could not afford to buy, or find to buy.
Plus in a world war, all the young men are in the military and there is no one to grow the seeds, there were great shortages of seeds during WW2.
In WW2, we shipped cabbage seeds to Russia by the ton and little was for sale here, this from a Gov publication about seeds in the war years.
Over the last decade or two, such companies as Ball Kerr Mason Golden Harvest, etc. (all canning jars) have been bought up by Jarden Corporation. They have been selling way more jars than normal.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, net sales increased 48% to $1.2 billion
"While the first quarter is traditionally Jarden's seasonally smallest quarter, our performance was in line with our expectations and a good start to achieving our full year outlook," said Martin E. Franklin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jarden Corporation.
Full year revenue for 2008 is expected to be approximately $5.35 billion.
I'm not trying to say that we should be 'panic buying' of canning jars, but a goodly supply would surely be reassuring.
Considering that Monsanto article I posted above, things are really looking scary.
If things got very bad people would have to hide their gardens as though they were pot.