Vision 2020
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. ~ Bertrand Russell In 2016, my goal continued to be to live a […]
Selected Food Graphs & Charts
Employment in Agriculture* Prevalence of Undernourishment* Top Food Items Produced* Live Animal Production* Per Capita Fish Food Supply* […]
Stocks by Food Segments & Sectors
Segment Stock Name Ticker Stock Sector Net Income $MM % Total Return YTD % Total Return 3-Year % Total Return 10-Year Agribusiness Adecoagro SA AGRO […]
Food Production
Country Food Production $MM1 Agriculture (% GDP)1 Food Exports $MM1 Food Imports $MM1 Net Trade: Cereals $MM1 Net Trade: Fruit & Vegetables $MM1 Net Trade: […]
Food Natural Resources
Country Total Land(sq. KM)1 Agricultural Land(sq. KM)2 Arable Land(sq. KM)2 Population(July 2016)3 Population Per Sq. KMof Agricultural Land1 AgriculturalWorkforce %4 Australia 7,741,220 4,133,811 479,956 22,992,654 […]
Food & Agriculture Organization of the U.N. – Hunger Map
“About 793 million people in the world still lack sufficient food for conducting an active and healthy life…” (Click on the map below to view […]
The Power of Food
(Click on Column Titles to Sort the Data) Country GDP (PPP)$MM1 Food Production$MM2 Food Exports$MM2 Food […]
Share of the Labor Force Working in Agriculture: 1300-2012
Present Day Agricultural Labor Force Country Agricultural Labor Force (% of Workforce)1 Australia (2009 est.) 3.6% Brazil (2011 est.) 15.7% […]
The Global Harvest and What It Means to Investors
Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds – it’s the production of food and fiber from the world’s land and waters. Without agriculture […]
Motif Investing: Rising Food Prices ETF
Click on the Motif Investing screenshot below to launch a full-size version: Source: Motif Investing (Prices as of Jan 25, 2017, 5:10 PM) Disclaimer […]
Money Maps of the World
Above all else show the data. ~ Edward R. Tufte Population Natural Resources Infrastructure Financial Military Space Programs We began publishing “money maps” in the […]
2017: Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready !!!
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ~ Socrates Every year, […]
2017 Scenario #1: Popsicle Index Rising
A commitment to human values, environmental stewardship, market economics and global cooperation are successful. Weighting = 30% Multipolar World Positive Return on Investment to Taxpayer […]
2017 Scenario #2: Global Musical Chairs
A commitment to human values, environmental stewardship, and market economics are constrained by a failure of national and global cooperation. This results in continued high […]
2017 Scenario #3: Mind Control
A commitment to command and control governance and transhuman values combined with success re-engineering government resources creates a world of “friendly fascism.” Weighting = 20% […]
2017 Scenario #4: The War Machine
A command and control world without human values and with little success at optimizing resources perpetuates a state of war. Weighting = 10% Unipolar World […]
Best Books for 2017
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. ~Haruki Murakami Here are my […]
Introduction
You open up your mail. The first letter says your health insurance premium has been raised by 30%. The phone rings – it’s your father. […]
2016 Hero: Julian Assange
“It’s truly astonishing that some guy hiding in the Ecuadorean Embassy is doing more for TRUTH in this election than all the American press.” ~ […]
2016 Movie of the Year: Sully
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of […]
2016 Documentary of the Year: Vaxxed
The documentary Vaxxed: From Coverup to Catastrophe describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a US government agency charged with protecting the […]
Food Documentaries
The Solari Report recommends the following documentaries which explore the subject of food: A Silent Forest – The Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees Are you […]
Let’s Go to the Movies
Here is a chronological list of all the movies and documentaries we’ve discussed on the Solari Report: 2016-12-15 The Ramen Girl 2016-12-08 Weiner 2016-12-01 Sherpa […]
Who’s Who in the Transition?
“Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” ~Sun Tzu 2017: The Transition Accelerates You open up your mail. The first […]
Commodities
The precious metals market had the highest roller coaster of all during 2017. Gold and silver rose spectacularly in the first half of the year, […]
Fixed Income
As we started 2016, it looked like the end of the great bond bull market had finally arrived. However, bond prices skyrocketed into the summer […]
Table of Contents
Home Introduction Money Maps of the World Who’s Who In the Transition? Best Books for 2017 Vision 2020 The Global Harvest (PDF) The Global Harvest […]
VI: Inspiration
One of the things we most love about being alive at such an exciting time is the remarkable example of people inspiring us “to strive, […]
V: The Unanswered Questions
Even as we answer the questions about what is happening around us, more questions arise. There are many mysteries and uncertainties to engage our research […]
IV: Science and Technology
The question of integrity was front-and-center during 2016 in the area of science and technology. The number of experts, journalists and citizens concerned about “junk […]
III. Culture
At the heart of creating labor and human productivity will be the creation of a culture which celebrates excellence, creativity and productive behavior. Behind the […]
II. Geopolitics
Globalization has unleashed both positive and negative forces upon our world. The corporate media has been successful at communicating the positives and covering up the […]
I. The Economy & Financial Markets
For many years I have predicted that the “slow burn” would continue. As we begin 2017, the heat has been turned up dramatically. The financial […]
Financial Market Round Up
The year ended with the US dollar index breaking through the 100 ceiling and rising strongly in response to both the Trump election and the […]
2016 News Trends & Stories
The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, ‘Here’s my chance to grow.’ ~ Zig Ziglar Say farewell […]