!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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.