You touched on some really important issues in your brain dump morning musings.

The impact of farming shortages is being felt all around the world, and a lot of the tax payer money that goes into funding the war machine could be put to better use addressing more pressing issues like our global food economy and efforts to sustain its health in environmental friendly ways. It get's pretty complicated too with government regulations involved.

For example, the corporate cannabis industry is not healthy for the environment because of the energy use needed for grow facilities, when the plants could be grown right outdoors in nature but it just can't happen because of certain regulations and tests that need passing for consumer consumption.

Eating healthy fruits and vegetables has become insanely expensive here as well, and much of the time the quality of the products is not very good. It does make a big difference to choose a more frugal and mindful ways of shopping. We can still get large bags of potatoes here for relatively cheap, and potatoes do a fine job of keeping the belly full.