{"id":227,"date":"2012-10-01T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apisbull.com\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2018-04-01T09:44:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T09:44:32","slug":"tough-times-and-rising-food-prices-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apisbull.com\/blog\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"Tough Times and Rising Food Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">As the economy limps along and disposable income shrinks, many people are eating out at restaurants less than before.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Some are even going as far as using the local dumpster to find their next meal.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">A recent article in the New York Times\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">shows a young man in Spain rummaging through a dumpster for food.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">It\u2019s a heart-wrenching picture. The accompanying article paints a bleak picture of Spain\u2019s economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">As Spain\u2019s austerity measures pinch the working class, many Spaniards are turning to alternative measures to supply their daily bread.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The phenomenon is not new, but dumpster diving is no longer the dominion of drifters and homeless vagrants. Those interviewed in the NY Times article were among the working-class. Some had even held white-collar jobs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">But as the after-effects of the \u201cGreat Recession\u201d continue to linger throughout the world\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">and as world economies continue to crumble and tumble, expect to see much more of this in the coming months and years.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>\u201cFreeganism\u201d \u2013 Dumpster Diving By Choice<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Before we go any further, though, we need to clarify a few things.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">We aren\u2019t talking here about people who choose to dumpster dive as a lifestyle.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Yes (believe it or not), one kind of dumpster diving has actually become a hot new trend in America.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">They\u2019ve even given themselves hip new name: &#8220;freegans&#8221;. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">These people raid dumpsters for a variety of reasons. Some are concerned about the environment and view dumpster diving as a great way to &#8220;recycle.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Others are politically-motivated and consider freeganism to be a form of anti-consumerist political protest.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Still others do it because they want to live more simply. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">And almost all freegans consider dumpster diving a great way to save money on groceries\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">or other household items.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Michelle Obama \u2013 in her speech at the Democratic National Convention earlier this month \u2013claims that the only piece of furniture she and President Obama had in their apartment early on in their marriage was a coffee table that Barack pulled out of a dumpster.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Yup. The President of the United States is a former dumpster diver!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">But now, with the economy tightening up, the ranks of the \u201cfreegans\u201d are growing&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">And here\u2019s one thing you can count on: thousands upon thousands of people will break out their boots, rubber gloves and flashlights tonight and jump into dumpsters looking for food (or anything else of value).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">But there is a darker side to the story, of course.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">You see, even though many view freeganism as a chic, counter-culture movement&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The cruel reality is that thousands of people who have no desire to jump into a dumpster will be&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Forced Into Freeganism<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">In Spain, out-of-control unemployment is the culprit.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The New York Times article cited a 50% unemployment rate among young Spanish adults as the main reason for the rise in dumpster diving.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Even the \u201cofficial\u201d public unemployment rate in Spain is a jaw-dropping 23%.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">For the unemployed, underemployed and the soon-to-be-laid-off, dumpster diving is not a matter of style or choice&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>It\u2019s a Matter of Survival<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">One Spanish city has reacted to the problem of scavenging by installing locks on supermarket trash bins.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Eduardo Berloso, the city official who proposed the locks, claims he didn\u2019t make the suggestion to cut off these poor people\u2019s last hope of subsistence.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">He said it was a public health precaution.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">He went on to say, \u201cIt\u2019s against the dignity of these people to have to look for food in this manner.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">It may be beneath their dignity, but many see it as the only way to survive.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">In early July, Spanish leaders announced another round of austerity measures to rein in over-spending and to balance their budget.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in his speech announcing the reforms, &#8220;These measures are not pleasant, but they are necessary. Our public spending exceeds our income by tens of billions of euros.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Necessary? Probably.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">But many of the announced austerity measures hit the poorest like a sucker punch to the gut.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">For example, the Spanish parliament slashed unemployment benefits and then added a 3-percentage point hike in the main Value Added Tax (VAT) rate.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">VAT is a European Union mandated tax on goods and services. It is what most Americans would call \u201csales tax.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The most recent rate hike brought Spain\u2019s VAT to 21 percent!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The increase included a 2 percent hike on food, which affects the poor more severely than any other group.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Violent Reaction to Austerity Measures<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The stringent belt-tightening on government spending has brought on social unrest and unleashed a mob of angry protestors.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">In July, anti-austerity protests in Madrid turned violent. Police fired rubber bullets at protesters who responded by pelting the officers with stones, fruit, bottles and firecrackers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Then after a couple months of relative quiet, protesters re-emerged on the streets of Madrid on Tuesday (September 24).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Reports cited 6,000 angry Spanish citizens marching before the Spanish Parliament.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Once again, some of the protestors became violent. News reports indicate that police beat back demonstrators with batons and fired rubber bullets on the crowd.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>It\u2019s Only Going to Get Worse<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">As bad as all this seems, this is likely just the start.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The international charity organization, Caritas, has cited an alarming increase in the number of meals it is serving over the last four years. It\u2019s own study indicates that 22 percent of Spaniards are living at or below the poverty level.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">As wages are slashed, jobs are lost, and the economy ekes by on life-support, expect those numbers to rise. Significantly.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">And Spain\u2019s not alone. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Greece has already been digging itself out of a hole for a while now.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">And several other EU nations may soon be forced to take actions like Greece and Spain.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">As they do, expect unemployment levels, poverty levels \u2013 and forced dumpster diving levels to increase.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Finally, to throw a little salt on the fresh, throbbing wound &#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Food Prices Are About to Explode<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">You see, because of the severe drought in the U.S. this past summer, food prices are set to soar in 2013. And not just in the U.S.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">A recent study published by the investment bank Rabobank reports that farmers around the globe have begun a mass slaughter of their pig and cattle herds.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The reason? They cannot afford the cost of feed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">This initial glut of meat on the market will likely lower food costs through the end of the year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">But the report claims that by next year there won&#8217;t be enough animals to meet expected demand &#8230; \u00a0and prices will soar.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">It won\u2019t just be in the price of meat, either. The drought will affect food prices across the board.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that average worldwide food prices will rise 14.1% by next summer, far outpacing cost-of-living raises in salaries, unemployment benefits, and welfare programs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Which means more people will likely be pushed to the limit, and forced to make difficult choices.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Protect Yourself from Forced Freeganism<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">At EVG, we can\u2019t fix all the social and financial problems in the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">What we do instead is provide individuals with the knowledge, resources, and connections to weather through the toughest of economic conditions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Some people may throw up their hands and say it\u2019s too late to do anything.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Other\u2019s may feel they don\u2019t have enough money to work with to make an impact.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">We say those are just excuses. Sorry excuses. And they\u2019ll likely leave you destitute.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Every effort you make to protect yourself &#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">&#8230;every step forward to creating a financial fortress around your own hard-earned wealth &#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">&#8230; every little positive change you put in motion \u2013 RIGHT NOW \u2013 will pay multiple dividends down the road&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">And may save you from the fate of forced freeganism.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Austerity measures are painful. Just ask the folks in Greece and Spain.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Sometimes, they may be unavoidable at a government level.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">But don\u2019t let yourself be forced into it at the personal level.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Take action. 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