backpack fever » current events http://www.backpackfever.com tidbits for the survivalist Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc survive the crisis http://www.backpackfever.com/2009/06/29/survive-the-crisis/ http://www.backpackfever.com/2009/06/29/survive-the-crisis/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:40:32 +0000 admin http://www.backpackfever.com/?p=814 While the credit crunch has caused life-changing hardships for many, some, believing the world is on the verge of a major depression, have taken to living off the land, regardless of how hard it is.

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Images found at:

http://www.boncherry.com/blog/2008/10/26/global-crisis-this-is-the-real-crisis/

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 ]]> http://www.backpackfever.com/2008/10/09/give-me-liberty/feed/ 0 Unprecedented Demand Cleans Out Major Storable Food Supplier Through 2009 http://www.backpackfever.com/2008/07/22/unprecedented-demand-cleans-out-major-storable-food-supplier-through-2009/ http://www.backpackfever.com/2008/07/22/unprecedented-demand-cleans-out-major-storable-food-supplier-through-2009/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:52:31 +0000 admin http://www.backpackfever.com/?p=386 It came to our attention today, that the world’s largest producer of storable foods, Mountain House, is currently out of stock of ALL #10 cans of freeze dried foods, not just the Turkey Tetrazzini.

This information was learned by a Mountain House dealer who shared it with me this morning. In personally talking with the company immediately after, Mountain House verified the information is true. Customer service stated, “I’m surprised they don’t have this posted on the website yet.” She said they have such a backlog of orders, Mountain House will not be taking any #10 can food requests through the remainder of this year and all of the next.

Full Article

http://standeyo.com/NEWS/08_Food_Water/080721.Mountain.House.html

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It’s among the statistics that the Federal Reserve considered when it cut interest rates on Wednesday. The categories are weighted according to an estimate of what the average American spends, as shown below.

Link to interactive pie chart
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/business/20080403_SPENDING_GRAPHIC.html

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