From the Trenches World Report

SHTF  Plan – by Adam Taggart, Peak Prosperity

Editor’s Note: One of the key tenets of living a sustainable lifestyle is the ability to produce one’s own food. Traditionally, accomplishing such a goal required would-be farmers or ranchers to first find land, come up with a ton of start-up money, and then move the entire family out to rural America. But what if there were a way that you could produce enough food for yourself, while also feeding up to 200 families without the typical start up requirements for farming? In the following interview with Adam Taggert of Peak Prosperity and The Market Gardener author Jean-Martin Fortier, you can learn just how to do it yourself. Moreover, not only will you be well on your way towards self reliance, but you can turn it into a profitable business while you’re at it. Jean-Martin Fornier did and he did it using just 1.5 acres – an incredible feat considering most farms requires acres upon acres of land to be successful. Don’t miss this one – it could well change your life (and if enough individuals and families start their own micro-farms, it could even change how our entire society works from top to bottom).   Continue reading “Real Self Reliance: A Model for Profitable Micro-Farming (On Just 1.5 Acres)”

Natural Blaze – by Arjun Walia

Sri Lanka has decided to completely ban glyphosate from their country; it’s the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. In doing so they join a growing list of countries that have/are doing the same. The ban comes out of concern that the chemical may be linked to a fatal kidney disease that could kill agricultural workers. Glyphosate was patented as a herbicide by Monsanto in the early 1970s, and it is the most widely used herbicide in the world.   Continue reading “Sri Lanka Bans Monsanto Herbicide Citing Deadly Link To Kidney Disease”

The Hill – by Timothy Cama

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the 1970s ban on exporting crude oil, a move he said would create jobs and provide an energy alternative for United States allies.

The prohibition was enacted in response to OPEC’s oil embargo, but the ban is now outdated, McCaul said.   Continue reading “House rep wants to lift ban on crude exports”

New York Times – by FERNANDA SANTOS and ERICA GOODE

ALBUQUERQUE — James Boyd, a homeless man camping in the Sandia Foothills here, could hear the commands of the police officers who were trying to move him out.

The problem was that Mr. Boyd, 38, had a history of mental illness, and so was living in a different reality, one in which he was a federal agent and not someone to be bossed around.   Continue reading “Police Confront Rising Number of Mentally Ill Suspects”

Mother Jones- by Tom Philpott

California is locked in an epochal drought—and yet produce aisles nationwide still brim with reasonably prices fruit and vegetables from the Golden State. How does California continue proving half of US-grown vegetables under such parched conditions?

Peter Gleick, president of the president of the Pacific Institute, one of the world’s leading think thanks on water issues, broke it down for me. He says that despite the drought, California farmers will likely idle only about a half million acres this year—less than 10 percent of normal plantings, which are about 8 million acres. And most of the fallowed land will involve “low-value” crops like cotton and alfalfa (used as a feed for the dairy and beef industries)—not the stuff you eat directly, like broccoli, lettuce, and almonds.   Continue reading “California Farmers: Drill, Baby, Drill (for Water, That Is)”

The Organic Prepper

What if you were forced to “register” in order to buy groceries?  And what if, through that registration, the food you bought could be tracked and quantities could be limited?

That’s exactly the plan in Venezuela right now.  The AP reports that in an effort to crack down on “hoarding” that ID cards will be issued to families.  These will have to be presented before foodstuffs can be purchased.   Continue reading “Venezuela Enforces Fingerprint Registry to Buy Groceries: What to Do Before Rationing Starts in America”

AmmoLand

GLEN ROCK, PA (Ammoland.com) – For several leading  firearm companies, their success lies not in the brand name, the photogenic weapon or the marketing dollars spent on publicizing their products, but on a behind-the-scene company specializing in producing unparalleled firearms components.  American Built Arms Company (A*B Arms) is that company, founded on the principle that a firearm’s true success lies in its ability to perform perfectly at all times, in all conditions. One failed function, one jam,  one snapped pin can mean the end of a day of family fun on the range, a missed game shot, the end of a serious competition or a hard fought battle to stay alive.   Continue reading “It’s What’s Inside the Gun That Counts”

Judicial Watch

In the latest Mexican military incursion into the United States, two heavily armed camouflaged soldiers from Mexico actually crossed 50 yards inside Arizona and held American Border Patrol agents at gunpoint in a tense confrontation.

Armed with assault-style weapons, the Mexican soldiers retreated back south after a 35-minute standoff as if nothing ever happened and the Obama administration just let it slide. The unbelievable foray was made public by a mainstream newspaper that obtained government documents with alarming details of the January 26 incident. Specifically, the paper cites the Border Patrol Foreign Military Incursion report and a separate letter from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, an Obama appointee who was recently sworn in.   Continue reading “Mexican Military Holds Border Patrol at Gunpoint Inside U.S.”

Climate Progress – by TOM KENWORTHY

California’s mountain snowpack, critical to the state’s water supply and $45 billion agricultural economy, is at less than one-third of normal and unlikely to rebound, according to data released on Tuesday by the Department of Water Resources.

While the 32 percent of average measurement is significantly better than the 12 percent at the end of January, California’s mountain precipitation season is drawing to a close. “We can hope that conditions improve, but time is running out and conservation is the only tool we have against nature’s whim,” water resources director Mark Cowin told the Wall Street Journal.   Continue reading “No Real Relief For California Drought. Next Up: Wildfires.”

NJ.com – by Jenna Portnoy

TRENTON — In the swing state of Virginia, Gov. Chris Christie is the Republican with the best chance of beating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a presidential faceoff, a new poll shows, though her lead us shrinking.

According to a Quinnipiac University Poll released last week, Clinton would best Christie, 45 percent to 41 percent, topping other possible contenders.   Continue reading “Christie comes closest to besting Clinton, Virginia poll finds”

News Beacon Ireland

Rodolfo Ragonesi, CEO of the Gaia Foundation,  is clearly a man of truly exceptional courage and focus. While nearly all of the environmental and science communities have remained criminally silent about the blatant and highly toxic climate engineering constantly occurring in skies around the globe, Ragonesi has taken a stand and is demanding answers.   Continue reading “Italian Senator Demands Declassification And Disclosure Of “Chemtrail / Geoengineering” Spraying”

RT News

A US federal court has granted Hawaiian lawmakers permission to slash benefits for residents whose families formerly lived on a string of Pacific islands that the US military used as a nuclear test site in the decades after World War II.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit removed an injunction Tuesday that prevented the state from reducing the health benefits paid out to residents of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, where a number of people claim they are still suffering from health problems caused by the military tests.   Continue reading “Hawaii may cut health benefits to Pacific islanders affected by nuclear testing”

RT News

Things aren’t getting much better for the gap between America’s rich and poor: a new study reveals that inequality within the United States is only getting worse.

The Sadoff Investment Research firm of Wisconsin has released the results of a recent report, and it indicates that the ongoing issue of inequality is continuing to keep America’s poor vastly separated from the more financially fortunate.   Continue reading “Inequality gap between super rich and poor continues to widen”

Mail.com

IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Authorities in northern Chile discovered surprisingly light damage and just six reported deaths Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake — a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth’s crust.

President Michelle Bachelet arrived in Iquique before noon to review damage after declaring a state of emergency. Hours earlier, she sent a military plane with 100 anti-riot police to join 300 soldiers deployed to prevent looting and round up escaped prisoners.  Continue reading “Experts: Chile’s M8.2 quake not ‘the big one’”

Mail.com

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber wearing a military uniform struck the heavily fortified Interior Ministry compound in the heart of Kabul on Wednesday and killed six police officers, authorities said, in an escalation of Taliban violence aimed at disrupting this weekend’s presidential election.

Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the bomber got through several checkpoints to reach the ministry gate before detonating his explosives. An Interior Ministry statement said the bomber was among other men in uniform entering the compound.   Continue reading “Blast kills 6 at Afghan Interior Ministry compound”