Prepare for food shortages

Here's the quick poll from CNN today. People need to stop being so complacent and realize that the food shortages that are happening all around the world are going to make it to the United States as well. The recent decision by Sam's Club to limit the amount of bulk rice people can buy at one time, is just the first signal that it's on it's way.

Many things are going to combine to cause this food shortage. High gas and diesel prices are going to put many American farmers out of business. Corn, soybeans and several other crops are going to start getting bought up by fuel companies to meet government mandated quotas for bio-fuels, which will drive up the prices to get thousands of different kinds of food-stuffs onto store shelves. Global warming, and the weird weather that we've been experiencing in recent years will further decimate crop harvests in the U.S.

The U.S. was once known as the "land of plenty". It will soon become known as the "plenty who need food".