Bill Moyers Journal this week took on the farm subsidies and the ranch subsidies and the billions in inappropriate payments (while at the same time production is forced down because of this system). Cash Cows and Cowboy Starter Kits was one of the stories. All of them pertain to this discussion of hunger in the world. Bill Moyers Web Page.
Last year at this time I acquired a used upright freezer at an estate sale. This year I'm planning to fill it with garden produce, and I'm also going to start canning. My mother used to do it, and I have several freinds who have encouraged me to take it up again. This is the year for it.