Ferchristsake, what are you talking about?

Wait. First things first.

Step away from the ledge and put all the sharp objects in your house away.

OK? Now, listen up. Before you start dressing out rabbits on your front lawn, remember that this is America. We don’t keep goats and we buy our arugala at Whole Foods. If you want a career in food sales, use your computer to buy beef in Argentina and sell it to the Saudis. We have a history of making one thing in the U.S., and that is money.

If you put any cash into alternative energy, you are begging to be poor. It’s a fad that will go away as quickly as ethanol. The market is ripe for buying, but stick with companies that are run by capitalists – not tree hugging hippies.

Take two prozac and blog me in the morning.

So, we're in big trouble.

I was at a coop farm yesterday buying an old milking machine and some sheep clippers. I was talking to the manager after the purchase and we stood over some very fine potatoes he and his workers just dug, cleaned and boxed for sale. He said, these are Yukon Golds. I said words to the effect “you got that right”. Food and our arable lands are all we have to offer that aren't outsourced. Food is the new gold. Food and basic american-raised staples.

There are few who are setup to handle, much less appreciate this stark reality. But the new tycoons are going to be those poor, struggling farmers. You can shut down the fat farms too. Bloated american waistlines will shrink overnight as the cost of food climbs to prices that will make a plate of brownies or a pizza be something the family will have to save six months to afford.

I suggest people invest not in diverse money market accounts, but instead good milk goats, meat goats, rabbits and chickens. Things that can be raised with some success in cities….animals that have high conversion of marginal feeds to edible protein. Pigs too for fat that we will suddenly need again to survive. If we don't encourage people to have “victory gardens” and animal coops, we could be facing some serious, serious problems.

I would encourage farmers and ranchers to work 24/7 to pump out broodstock for sale. Maybe open up some BLM lands to goat herds and put a lot of those fallow acres back into condition with some green-cropping this Winter if if's not to late to sew. Empty sheds and barns should be converted to chicken coops and rabbitries. Spelt is something to investigate cropping in marginal areas. And start pushing soy products in every shape and form.

The money is in food. If I had anything left to invest I would invest there and alternative energy.