AKIRA WATTS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: Christian Fischer)"[D]uring the summer of 1789 a fresh cause of discontent was added to all those which have just been enumerated. This cause was the famine — the exorbitant price of bread, for lack of which bread the poorer classes were suffering in most of the towns."
- Peter Kropotkin, The Great French Revolution 1789–1793.
Via Garry Rogers
GR: Most of us have no place to farm, but even in urban places there are ways to garden. Of course, that won't be enough. Perhaps the article's advice should be to make connections with nearby farmers. Some added advice is to pay attention to water supplies for farmers.