1-year food supply for 1 adult in economic down-turn.

worldwide trader

Unit Contents
Cans are No. 10 size, unless otherwise stated, which hold a little less than a gallon. All orders are canned fresh and date stamped no more than two weeks prior to shipping.

FRUITS
Apple Slices (2 cans)
Bananas (2 cans)
Applesauce (1 can)
Tropical Fruit Mix (2 cans)
Raisins (1 can)
VEGETABLES
Soup & Stew Blend (4 cans)
Carrots (2 cans)
Green Peas (2 cans)
Green Beans (2 cans)
Potato Slices (1 can)
Onion (1 can)
Tomato Powder (1 can)
CEREALS & GRAINS
Granola (3 cans)
Popcorn (1 can)
DAIRY
Non-fat Milk (4 cans)
Whole Eggs (3 cans)
Cheese Blend (2 cans) SPROUTING SEEDS
1 - 4 Gallon Pail Nutri-Mix Seeds with Sprouter
Tray

MEATS
Beef TVP (5 cans)
Chicken TVP (5 cans)
Beef/Chicken Soup Base (1 can)

ACCESSORIES
Cookbook- "Cookin' With Home Storage"
Plastic Lids

Bulk foods sealed in heavy Mylar bags
Potato Flakes (50 lbs.)
Pinto Beans (30 lbs.)
White Rice (50 lbs.)
Rolled Oats (25 lbs.)
Assorted Pastas (40 lbs.)
(Spaghetti, Fettuccine, Linguine, Vermicelle, Penne, Rotini)

** Regular Non-Fat Milk with whey protein added

Cost: $1,295.00

Starving neighbors reaction: Priceless.

http://www.efoodsdirect.com/depression_era.html

doctorj

Loosely related: the Baltic Dry Index is down 93% over the last 6 months.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=bdiy&exch=IND&x=15&y=11

It's more or less the cost day-by-day to charter a super-tanker to ship raw ingredients like the above around the globe, and is a forward-looking measure that's basically telling us that shipyards and transport companies are going bankrupt, no one wants to ship anything, and no one expects anyone to be buying anything in a few months time.

lo kee

(Very) loosely related (from New York Magazine):

Recession Index
A numeric summary of our troubled times.

Manhattan Office-Space Vacancy Rate
Q3 2008: 12%
Q3 2009, PROJECTED: 16.8%


Enrollment in Taxi-License-Training Course at CUNY’s La Guardia Community College
2007: 172
2008: 193


Number of Homes Sold in Queens
Q3 2007: 4,998
Q3 2008: 3,240


Number of Price Cuts on Condos Listed for Sale in Manhattan
Q2 2008: 1,281
Q3 2008: 1,308



Typical Day’s Fares for a Pedicab Driver
OCTOBER 2007: $175
OCTOBER 2008: $75


Number of New Homeless Families Entering Shelter System
OCTOBER 2007: 1,143
OCTOBER 2008: 1,393


Number of Trips Across the MTA’s Bridges and Tunnels, in Millions
OCTOBER 2007: 26.2
OCTOBER 2008: 24.9


Visitors to New York Public Library’s Main Branch
OCTOBER 2007: 96,327
OCTOBER 2008: 137,777