• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      fresh food is a luxury in the usa, yes.

      i was grew up in a bottom 50% household. most of my childhood diet was sugary snacks, canned/boxed foodstuffs, and frozen meat/vegetables. fresh food was largely reserved for holidays. my mother used to spend about 60/week to feed a family of four, and this was after coupons and in the 1990s