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Your Grandparents Spent More On Food Than You Do

Post by Riddick » 03-25-2015 02:33 AM

American spending on food — proportional to income — has declined dramatically since 1960, according to the U.S.D.A. What's more, when it comes to consumer purchases, Americans spend the least on food consumed at home compared with just about every other country in the world. FULL STORY

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Post by Fan » 03-25-2015 07:14 AM

it is craziness! Food is the last place you should be scrimping. What you eat dictates how well your body works.
The heartbreaking necessity of lying about reality and the heartbreaking impossibility of lying about it.

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