Medical Daily-Jan, 2016---"Like all superfoods, kale exploded in popularity when nutritionists started to reveal its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory ..."
"... the demand for kale has gotten so huge it's in danger of outstripping its supply – kale farmers are having problems...."---Iowa Now-Mar, 2016.
Vogue.com-Mar, 2016---"...Making up for any shortage of juicy drama was the three-course meal that followed, complete with Tuscan kale salad and sea bass with risotto."
So I consulted one of Norma's seed packets and called "Information":
"Information."
So I consulted one of Norma's seed packets and called "Information":
"Information."
"Yes, could you connect me with Colonel 'Ragged Jack' Rizada, please?"
"Of course, one moment please."
"Thanks, Poppy."
"Bueno!"
"Is this Col. Rizada?"
"Si."
"Sir, I need some information about the worldwide Kale shortage."
"Lo Siento. Creo que usted tiene el número de teléfono incorrecto, señor."
I thanked him but knew I hadn't called the wrong number --his name is right there on the seed packet-- so I called the opposite direction, North!
"Hello, Canada?"
"Speaking."
"Ragged Jack says he's at a wrong number!"
"Is this about the Kale Shortage?"
"Yeah!"
"Thanks, Geo.! It's a crisis then. What should we do?"
"Sell off all your Gold Reserves right away!"
And they DID!!! (Bank of Canada, March,----"The weekly Reserves data will be posted on the Bank of Canada's Web site ... Gold, 0..".)
I didn't mean to cause this strange chain-reaction. I was only trying to help. There is a difference, I suppose, between deliberate hindrance and no help at all, but only in motive --my intentions were good. I get nervous on the phone and just blurted out something I never thought Canada would do. Ah well, gardeners who give out financial advice to large countries "aft gang agley" (which is how Robert Burns said "Down the hall on the left.").
I have decided to stop being a Hobbyist-Economist and return to Gardening. Too much danger in economics. There is an old saying among even older gardeners: You can flirt with disaster but it's lousy at returning your affections.