It’s difficult to imagine that anyone in big business or government has any real concern about supply chain security, when the Conservative-friendly Daily Telegraph carries a story about the CEO of the UK’s Marks & Spencer retail chain now being on a 4-day week for a salary of £750K. Meanwhile, the real people at the … Continue reading The UK will go hungry as the food supply collapses. But Boris and all the political buffoons seat blocking our Parliament will continue to have their day…
Tag: Agriculture
The terminal weakness of a greed-based supply chain has always been present, hiding in plain sight
An entire generation of business and industry managers have been trained and qualified on systems that are all about reducing costs. Their ‘qualifications’ play up to the belief that very elaborate supply chains that take or harvest raw materials to be refined, and then to be made in to small parts, and then to be … Continue reading The terminal weakness of a greed-based supply chain has always been present, hiding in plain sight
Surviving The Great Reset: Farmers are not ready for the change, so we must be until they are
The current system is not set up to get all the foods we actually need grown and prepared for us locally. So when the acute stages of The Great Reset happen and the big profit-focused supply chains have irreparably broken down, the reality is that there will be a period of time when this ‘old … Continue reading Surviving The Great Reset: Farmers are not ready for the change, so we must be until they are
Surviving The Great Reset: A helpful lesson from our Farmers on Preparing, Producing & Making Provision
If you really want to understand how the basics of providing for life work, look no further than the cycles of activity that take place on one of those farms that too many of us overlook for providing our milk: The grass that grows in the early spring is cut in mid-late spring and early … Continue reading Surviving The Great Reset: A helpful lesson from our Farmers on Preparing, Producing & Making Provision
Full UK Self Sufficiency must now be the aim
Of all the myths created by those with an interest in building and maintaining an alternative narrative, the one that our changing world now requires us to completely rethink is our dependency upon any essential products or foods from anywhere abroad. The UK possess the basic resources and environment necessary to support and provide for … Continue reading Full UK Self Sufficiency must now be the aim
Basic Clothing & Footwear
Perhaps one of the most challenging areas covering basic needs provision will be that of the supply of affordable shoes and clothing. If there is one area of industry that has been outsourced to other Countries more than any other, it will surely be the production of clothes and shoes. Whilst many today look scornfully … Continue reading Basic Clothing & Footwear
Rationing: A way of sharing the basics fairly, so there is enough for all
The days of unnecessary food production and manufacturing, prioritised only on the basis of repeat financial turnover and profit-making are done – even if that doesn’t appear to be the case right now. As we experienced being the case in the early days and weeks after the first Covid Lockdown was called in March 2020, … Continue reading Rationing: A way of sharing the basics fairly, so there is enough for all
The True Value of everything we buy or pay for
In the future, prices will reflect what they really cost to produce and get to you, with only an appropriate layer of profit added at the minimum number of stages of the supply chain that are necessary for any essential goods or service provision to reach you. For instance, you buy a loaf of bread … Continue reading The True Value of everything we buy or pay for
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