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16. OK, what's the absolute bare minimum for human life food wise?

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 04:44 PM

Mar 2020

Clean water and iodized salt?

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There could very well be a 30 day hole in the food chain coming down the pike. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 OP

If people pick up on your notion, it will be food that's out at every store, not just TP FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #1

I can't possibly be the first one to think of this. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #5

No, but you can help spread it around faster. FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #6

Well, I just told a few thousand people reading DU, A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #9

The giant lurking in the room is civil unrest underpants Mar 2020 #2

We don't need more anxiety. Boomerproud Mar 2020 #3

I'm not trying to create any, trust me. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #8

I've never had anxiety until the virus came along. Initech Mar 2020 #12

Wear eye protection. StarryNite Mar 2020 #4

The only thing I have that even comes close is a pair of ski goggles. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #7

You can pick up reading glasses at the Dollar Store. Get very low magnification. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #34

Better than nothing jberryhill Mar 2020 #35

Safety goggles from Lowe's. GaYellowDawg Mar 2020 #47

do you have safety goggles? use those. I have a pair these I will be using if I have to... Javaman Mar 2020 #10

Nope. LIke I said above, the only thing I have that comes close.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #13

Yes they are fine jberryhill Mar 2020 #36

I do have regular store bought reading glasses A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #39

I'm gonna go out and plant some stuff today MissB Mar 2020 #11

Good for you! A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #14

we could also be hit by a comet or the second coming could actually... happen nt msongs Mar 2020 #15

.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #17

OK, what's the absolute bare minimum for human life food wise? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #16

1200 calories is usually the bare minimum number Aquaria Mar 2020 #55

Some what familiar with what Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #18

Thanks for that A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #19

Florida Berries are going to Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #22

Yup. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #23

Be safe my friend. Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #25

Aww.. thanks, man! A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #32

Arizona Berries? Kali Mar 2020 #46

High unemployment will ensure that doesn't happen Shermann Mar 2020 #20

We shall see. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #21

+1. I don't think most food harvesting or processing is inconsistent with social distancing. meadowlander Mar 2020 #40

Yes, it's possible. Igel Mar 2020 #24

+1. Hope y'all like soy beans meadowlander Mar 2020 #41

TP was the canary in the coal mine uponit7771 Mar 2020 #26

THANK YOU for driving that truck and bringing myself or someone I love food Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #27

Still very little food on selves at publix. Little frozen food. FloridaBlues Mar 2020 #28

My Publix was fine. cwydro Mar 2020 #45

I coming to your store! FloridaBlues Mar 2020 #49

The Grocery Outlet CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #29

I think you can buy large lens zero diopter glasses & have them ... wait for it ... shipped to you Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #30

we have limits that I've seen on sale stuff. stillcool Mar 2020 #31

Does the facility unload or do you get a lumper or have to do it yourself? Drop trailer? dameatball Mar 2020 #33

I'm here now. Depends on the facility. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #38

Busy dock, but not that many trucks A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #42

That hasn't happened in the other countries that are further along in this than we are. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2020 #37

40% of the food produced in normal times ends up in the landfill meadowlander Mar 2020 #43

I will bet that after this is over 60% of the excess food people have bought former9thward Mar 2020 #62

Farm and food manufacturer employees are critical infrastructure workers NickB79 Mar 2020 #44

Are we talkin' the kind with the pineapple slices? Shermann Mar 2020 #68

We make pineapple cottage cheese! NickB79 Mar 2020 #69

Aha! You admit to being part of the great trucker conspiracy to hoard all the food! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #48

LOL.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #54

Not likely to happen here DFW Mar 2020 #50

Stop. Telling. Scary. Stories. With. No. Basis. In. Reality. Jirel Mar 2020 #51

Excuse me, but who are you to tell me what to post? A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #53

It. Appears. To. Be. William. "Captain Kirk". Shatner. Shermann Mar 2020 #67

I think it is a valid concern Beringia Mar 2020 #59

I live in Vermont and there are small farms all around janterry Mar 2020 #52

Other people may be worried though, who don't live around farms Beringia Mar 2020 #58

true enough, but I don't think our food supply is threatened janterry Mar 2020 #60

Like this, its up to us, I mean OURSELVES to safeguard us and our families, beachbumbob Mar 2020 #56

Ouch Karma13612 Mar 2020 #57

I don't worry about a lack of food sometime in the future Chainfire Mar 2020 #61

I just adore being scolded by people who have been members here.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #63

You are quite welcome Chainfire Mar 2020 #64

Be careful. MuseRider Mar 2020 #66

Hoarders can only hoard so much........ Bengus81 Mar 2020 #65