!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:.......They are very proud to have harvested peanuts last year ... for 10 jars of peanutbutter :-o

Perhaps the agricultural university in Wageningen could contract with Joseph Lofthouse to landrace-breed some peanuts for the Netherlands and like situations.  They could provide him with room, boarding fees, research plots and hired staff, free rail and automotive rental vouchers, ...... and a 15 year contract.  :-)  If he get's homesick for the mountains, a few excursions to the Scottish Highlands or Swiss Alps might ease the discomfort.... Ha!   I can't recall what seed source I used to try to grow peanuts outside of Fargo, ND.....it did not go so well and I did not stick with the attempts.

I am reading (again) a book titled Just Enough by Azby Brown which is about the EDO period in Japan.  The EDO period lasted for 350 years and was an incredibly sustainable peaceful time in Japan.  As far as food in the rural areas the kept almost no animals, and they were too far from the coast for fish.  No dairy.  They had some soybeans and wild nuts.  Foods for the most part were boiled, steamed or baked.  Fish oil was a luxury.  

John Weiland wrote:

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:.......They are very proud to have harvested peanuts last year ... for 10 jars of peanutbutter :-o

Perhaps the agricultural university in Wageningen could contract with Joseph Lofthouse to landrace-breed some peanuts for the Netherlands and like situations.  They could provide him with room, boarding fees, research plots and hired staff, free rail and automotive rental vouchers, ...... and a 15 year contract.  :-)  If he get's homesick for the mountains, a few excursions to the Scottish Highlands or Swiss Alps might ease the discomfort.... Ha!   I can't recall what seed source I used to try to grow peanuts outside of Fargo, ND.....it did not go so well and I did not stick with the attempts.

Joseph Lofthouse at Wageningen University? I think he'll be homesick much too soon. And the Alps or Highlands are too far away .... ;-)

And who would tend his own gardens in his extended absence?

Also, I live in the same region:  alkaline soil cold winter dry summer, higher elevation western USA Great Basin desert.  I have also lived in Switzerland (for one school year).  Nothing wrong with European high elevations or Scottish highlands, but they are so different they would be no comfort to me, if I were far away and homesick for the high desert.

But Joseph, if it looks good to you, go for it😊🌞❤️

It was recommended that I post this here also:

This is my take on how to handle what's going on in the world: Simplify Now: A Calmer Way to Handle Chaotic Times

No matter from which angle I look at the problem, I always come to the same conclusion: the house cow. Something small, maybe a Dexter Jersey cross.
Goats are good too, but they seem to be much more difficult to keep. Sheep just don't give that much milk, but they are easy to keep and a little bit difficult to milk.

But the cow is like no other animal; no other animal produces more manure and improves the soil in a more dramatic way. It gives a decent amount of milk so that two families can share one cow.
They eat more than just grass; they eat things like lablab bean, sugarcane, banana leaves, banagrass and more.

I don't have a cow, but the cow is the difference between malnutrition and being good. (You can have that with goats, too, just less docile)