Top image of Calbuco erupting last week: credit Roger Smith

Nowhere have I witnessed a normalcy bias so strong as when it pertains to food. It has always been available at the grocery stores and in restaurants; at least that is the view of most people alive today. And if one falls on hard times, then the government in this country (the US) will probably supply you with an Electronic Benefit Transfer allowance (food stamps) and perhaps direct you to local food banks and/or co-ops to supplement your cupboards.

We take for granted that these operations are a given, for this is the way it has always worked.....or so we believe. So much goes into ensuring that an efficient journey occurs from the factory to our dinner table. Food supply has become extremely technical and reliant on industrial computers similar to those found at www.cksglobal.net. These machines are fantastic but they can't do it on their own, as many hungry Americans already know. While I welcome more and more of my fellow Westerners becoming aware of food reality, I cringe to think it will hit them where it hurts the hardest. It is not in the wallet, but in their bellies. Continue reading Food Supply Interruptions: The Biggest Gamble →

How we feel, both emotionally and physically, has everything to do with the balance of 'good and bad' bacteria in our digestive system, more commonly referred to as the gut. The human body hosts tens of thousands of types of bacteria and the trick is getting them into balance.

Your digestive bacteria, also known as gut flora, actually regulates much of your immune system. If you are ill or suffer from a chronic condition or disease, chances are your gut flora is completely out of whack. In fact, with the diet of most Westerners containing processed foods, refined sugars and GMO non-organic foods, having a gut bacteria imbalance is quite common. Continue reading The Great Fermenting Experiment →

One doesn’t need to be an economist or savvy in finance to see that prices are climbing. In a nutshell, inflation is the increase in the money base or the amount of money in existence. Rising prices are but a symptom of this process of devaluing our money.

This is a chart from the St. Louis Federal Reserve. It is the job of that branch of the Fed to track and report the money supply. As you can see, the money base has been inflating since the early 1970s when Nixon took the U.S. off the gold standard, allowing unfettered money creation. Continue reading The Theft of Your Purchasing Power →