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Posted By 3BoysandaDog on Pets
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Food Shortages: Are They Real?
Posted By Enerhealth on Health
Even in my local Kroger’s (King Soopers here in CO.) the shelves are always pretty empty, depending on what you are looking for. Not that there isn’t food, we just can’t get everything in one trip due to availability. After multiple trips we can procure what we need.
My question to everyone; Is this a sign of the times and will it get worse before it gets better?
Just to give you an idea of what the issues are in manufacturing of food products, there are multiple ‘choke’ points limiting our ability to buy food and herbal products.
Growing seasons for certain products has been off lately. For example, oats had a terrible harvest this season. We largely depend on Canadian oats to supplement our crop. This year the oat crop in Canada was terrible, something like 60% of their crop failed. You can still get oats but at a much higher price due to supply decreasing while demand remains the same or higher.
You have or will be noticing price increases on just about everything you buy including food. Have you noticed that many of the packaged foods are maybe just a bit more expensive but the weight and size has decreased, less for your money!
If anything is sourced overseas you can bet that there will be issues in logistics, further complicated by COVID issues causing labor shortages in the fields, trucking/shipping/ports/distribution. Many companies source at least some ingredients overseas. The good news here is many companies, including ours, are beginning to source as many ingredients locally as possible. More expensive but more dependable.
Equipment sourced overseas can take 6 months or longer if you are lucky enough to find availability and at higher and higher prices.
Domestic freight is an issue these days. What used to take a few days can now take weeks if coming from the busiest ports.
You also have the news these days focusing on the bad to increase fear. The result, among other things, is hording which leads to further supply issues. Remember toilet paper in 2020?
These are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to our food and herb production yet in my mind some of the most important issues.
So are food shortages real? I would say yes but it depends on the ingredient, some are more plentiful and accessible than others.
What is the solution? Grow some of your own food if possible and acquire some ‘storeable foods’ if you can, such as our Survive2Thrive 40-Day Supply. The stored foods would cover any gaps in your diet plan. Decrease your consumption of processed foods, you will be better off for this decision. Our bodies want wholesome foods and processed foods are not all that healthy. Vegetables, legumes, and grains supplemented by herbs and proteins are typically the best way to go.
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How Often Do Cory Catfish Lay Eggs? Reproduction, Breeding, & Care
Posted By FishKWisdom on Pets
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Mushroom Magic
Posted By Enerhealth on Health
While Hippocrates never actually said, “Let food by thy medicine, and medicine be thy food”, it’s a nice notion, especially given the proliferation of processed foods and pills for every ill. Besides taking the title of the best non-animal source of Vitamin D, mushrooms offer a variety of other health benefits. Although mushrooms are enjoying a moment in the spotlight and are somewhat of a trendy item, historically mushrooms have been used in a variety of healing traditions including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Kanpō medicine, or Traditional Japanese Medicine for centuries. In TCM, mushrooms are regarded as a symbol of longevity and have been used to support the immune system, bolster energy and stamina, aid digestion, support the cardiovascular system, and regulate blood pressure. Recently, studies into the benefits of some traditionally used mushrooms have produced results affirming the healing and health-supporting properties of many fungi. Additionally, mushrooms are sustainability superstars. The unique structure of fungi lends itself to be used in a variety of ways. Mushrooms are composed of an underground part, which can be thought of as the roots of mushrooms, and an aboveground, fruiting body that is what most of us think of when we think of mushrooms. The underground part of the mushroom, mycelium, is a collection of fibers called hyphae, that allow the organism to absorb their food from the environment in which they live. Mycelium can grow into a network of underground webs, waiting dormant for many seasons until a hypha makes its way through the earth or wood or plant matter until it reaches the surface, sprouting the beginnings of the fruiting body of the fungi. New York-based biodesigner Danielle Trofe, manufactures or more aptly grows, light pendants from mycelium. Trofe's MushLume Lighting Collection utilizes hemp (a sustainable crop in its own right) as a surface for the mycelium to grow on and through. In a matter of days, the mycelium grows into a thick network of hyphae throughout the hemp, solidifying into a solid structure within custom lampshade molds. Once the mycelium has fully matured, the lampshades are taken out of the molds, dried, and heated, creating a stylish 100% biodegradable product. The same process has been used to grow mycelium packaging to replace Styrofoam, and bricks which offer excellent opportunities for upcycling agricultural waste into a cost-effective, sustainable, and biodegradable material for construction. Similar to Trofe's use of mycelium to create sustainable home goods, Mylo a high-quality alternative to animal and synthetic-based leather, has been developed by scientists and engineers at Bolt Threads. The process begins with mycelium cells grown on beds of sawdust and other organic material. Billions of cells grow to form an interconnected 3D network that is processed, tanned, and dyed to make Mylo. Mylo is already being used in place of leather in select products from mainstream brands like Adidas and Lululemon, to luxury brands like Stella McCartney, speaking to the feasibility of using sustainable mushroom leathers. One of the most interesting, if not pressing, uses for mushrooms is their potential role in bioremediation. Mycoremediation, a form of bioremediation, is the process of using fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment. As Paul Stamets states, “Fungi are the grand recyclers of the planet and the vanguard species in habitat restoration.” Oil spills in the Amazon, contaminated water in Washington’s Spokane River, contaminated soil in New Zealand, and more have benefited from the use of fungi that are tolerant to high concentrations of pollutants. Research even suggests mushrooms can convert pesticides and herbicides to more innocuous compounds, remove heavy metals from brownfield sites, and break down plastic. In 2017, wildfires across Northern California left behind a trail of dangerous ash, incinerated hazardous household waste and building materials, charred paint, pesticides, cleaning products, electronics, and more. A range of pollutants including arsenic, asbestos, and lead seeped into the soil, causing fear of runoff from the toxic materials. In the aftermath of the fires, workers removed much of the toxic debris and turned to mushrooms to help remove the remainder. The Fire Remediation Action Coalition placed more than 40 miles of straw-filled tubes inoculated with oyster mushrooms around parking lots and along roads and hillsides. The tubes would provide makeshift channels, diverting runoff from sensitive waterways and the enzymes in mushrooms would work to break down pollutants.As you can there’s a lot to learn about our fungi friends and the world of mushrooms is ripe for research. If you are interested in learning more about mushrooms these are great resources.
Grow Your Own mycelium creations.
Book - Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our book on mycology by English biologist Merlin Sheldrake.
Book - How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by author Michael Pollan, best known for his books about food and is the author of the best-sellers "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "The Botany Of Desire."
Book - Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms by Eugenia Bone
Instagram - @fascinatedbyfungi
Instagram - @breakfast_of_champignonz
App – iNaturalist
Website – Mushroom Observer
Website – Mushroom Expert
Website – Mushroom References
YouTube – Yellow Elanor
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Bizarre Revenge: Man Fills Vacation Home Toilets with Sausages in Shocking Tale
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Wacky Painting Child Development Activity
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Posted By trendsandtactics on Finance
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How To Improve Your Child’s Problem-Solving Skills
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