From the Huffingtoon Post::

Bacon Shortage ‘Aporkalypse’ Theoretically Possible, But Highly Unlikely, Given Basic Economics

Posted: 09/28/2012

Swinophiles cleared hoarding space in their freezers and eating-contest organizers canceled bacon-based events. But then a few contrarian journalists, most notably Slate’s Matthew Yglesias, took to the Internet to reassure everyone that a bacon shortage was no more likely than pigs flying.

The truth is somewhere in between. Describing the bacon market today as “the aporkalypse” may be hyperbolic. But the pork industry is under serious stress — so much so that there is actually a remote chance there could really be a bacon shortage in 2013, just as the United Kingdom’s National Pig Association predicted.

The main issue recently has been the price of feed, which soared to an all-time-high in August, largely because of a major drought throughout the Midwest. That’s driven the cost of the total feed required to raise a pig to the standard market size of 200 pounds as high as $175. Meanwhile, the commodity price of a hog carcass has been fluctuating between $120 and $150 per 200-pounder. That’s led some hog farmers to sell their livestock at a loss of up to $50 a head…

That mass slaughter actually led to a glut of pork in the fall. But there will soon be fewer hogs per American than at any time in almost 40 years. Each hog only has one belly. So that also means the amount of bacon available per person will also be lower than ever.

Just thought you’d want to know the facts of bacon life… Randy

Some of my students even had bacon-flavored soda. It’s unnatural preversions such as this that have brought on the Aporkalypse.

Listen here Becca, don’t you be messin with Canadas national food…hell, we invented bacon, eat it at least 3 times a day, not including breakfast! Why I remember being a little critter, and me and my dear old Dad use to go to the bacon farm together, dayum I miss them special moments. May God save us from the Aporkalypse………………..

I find myself a suffering trendsetter, too. (Yup – that is what you call people that like and do things way before it is like considered cool by like mere mortals…) But my area of trend-doodling (you may add this to your beccapedia, if you like) is in kid’s party themes. So I did Stinky Winky, Ho and their cronies, Winnie-da-Poo and See Saw, Tonsils Inc., Dingleberry Shartface, Finding Zero, Hello Titty and Trailertrash Barbie way before they had printed the napkins and designed the invites. I have endured in-colouritus in my wrist – caused by hand – colouring pictures of then-not-so-popular kid’s cartoon characters on everything from boxes to envelopes to placemats. When I do do a theme, I go all out -everything must match – am a bit anal that way. (Ha ha. Made a funny: poo … do do … anal.)
And then, 6 months later when the now former BFF does the same party for her darling, in the same theme… it is always better, cos by then, there are cupcake wrappers, balloons and wine glasses for the mom’s … all pre-printed, colour-coded, sandblasted, pre-packed and ready be put out by the hideously overpriced pompous party planner.
So, it is painful to be a trendy – but then who would the normal folk copy and look to for world peace?

Sorry, can you repeat that? I got stuck with a picture in my head at “People…back off my bacon”. Now what were you saying?

Well making bacon is always better
but hey we can’t all be so damn naughty

I hope that your
weekend has been
fun Becca

Androgoth xxx

I’m not much of a fan, so you can have my share.

Bacon shortage? This hurts my heart. And my stomach.

Being a crazy vegetarian the Bacon’s I like won’t effect you. Here’s a couple:
Roger Bacon, (c. 1214–1294), (scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, meaning “wonderful teacher”) was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.
How’s that for an academic sandwich?