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Self sufficiency has always been a virtue. At some point governments can't give what they haven't taken. Some places already know that, others will discover it for themselves.

There was a time, not so long ago when everybody had those pickles and preserves. I can recall those big pots of boiling water and cutting tomatoes and other veggies to stuff into Mason jars. At least we could afford those jars and lids.

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Simplicity!

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This is a very interesting insight for one living in Miami...."A related panic is food inflation. It is being priced out of reach. Again, it depends on what you eat. The staples of the Ukrainian diet are potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, beets, wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat, pork and fish. The first eight remain very affordable; the last three still not too expensive. Provided, of course, that you can make do with carp instead of salmon."....

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