Breathe Kasey

So today I went to the grocery store (Meijer) to get a few items that my food co-op didn't carry. I am trying to make this "pudding" concoction for my newly picky eater daughter.. so that she is getting adequate amounts of veggies and such! Anyways, one of the ingredients for this is cashew butter. I went to meijer becuase there organic butters tend to be cheaper... as I was walking down the "peanut butter" isle I stopped only to read a sign that said.. "Due to a shortage in peanuts, we will not be carrying peanut butter until the end of September/beginning of October." I couldn't help but smile.. here is a little glimpse of my internal thoughts at that moment... " Peanut shortage?! Shocking! Maybe instead of using 30% of the world's land to plant corn, only to have a mass production and in turn modifying it into additives and dangerous ingredients, as well as feeding it to animals that, by evolution, cannot properly digest it.. why don't we use some of that good ol' land for peanut production.. oh wait its not a commodity crop which means it costs money! ::gasp::...peanut production low due to 40% temperature increase?!?!... .hmm couldn't be due to that non-existant global warming due to the greenhouse gas... due to the rise in cattle raising for meat consumption.. couldn't be..." thanks for the rant... ::deep breath:: thats all...