Higher food prices may actually be good for us

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Cindy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:58:08 GMT

This is why I buy groceries online because there are a bunch of online coupons and I save money on gas.

www.onlinestorecoupon.com/.../grocerycoupons.htm

re: Higher food prices may actually be good for us

PChan — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:34:16 GMT

<i>For the guy who grew up in NYC, have you not heard of growboxes. </i>

Again--you need a sunny spot or sunny windowsill. I don't have that in the summer because (thankfully I think when it's hot and other people crank up the A/C) my apartment building is surrounded by shade trees.

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Qponica — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:52:43 GMT

I agree with the Costco comment whole heartedly. They have some of the best quality products out there and the prices are resonable.

I grew up in a big city and my parents still managed to have a vegetable garden. If you dont have a lot of room you can always use containers on a patio for a few plants or herbs, every little bit helps!

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myrna becker — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:12:23 GMT

Great ideas-a shot in the arm and an awakening for those of us spoiled by modern thought- I especially like the thought about food transportation costs- my mom's quip was always,buy what's in season-never go from that-she and my father also raised chickens for the eggs and later the flesh, canned [glass jars]the chickens, canned all vegetables from the sizeable "victory" garden, and in general,set an excellent example to follow.

I shall now try to implement some of the ideas- especially good was the---

If I can get it at a restaurant, I can make it at home--brava and thanks

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Be Prepared! — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:08:18 GMT

We have a 1/4 acre lot with over 40 fruit trees, as well as a comfortable home, rasberries, boysenberries, blackberries, and at least 12 dozen varieties of grapes. We also have a nice garden plot, flower gardens, including about 2 dozen roses, and plenty of lawn to mow. I grew up and raised my children on home made whole wheat bread. For the guy who grew up in NYC, have you not heard of growboxes. You can bottle a lot of tomatoes from two tomato plants. Maybe you cannot provide everything, but you certainly can ease your food budget. Besides maybe the trade off is learning new things. It is amazing how digging in the dirt and growing your own food is actually relaxing. Maybe the leisure and enjoyment in your life is the best trade off of all.

Work is all in the frame of mind. Besides there is not only satisfaction to look at the shelves of bottled jars of food, but in this time of threatening world famine there is also a lot of comfort as well.

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Elsie — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:07:58 GMT

Hi Pat:

I don't know if you will read this article but please do it, we need to re-inforce our ways on how to save and pay attention to our expending.

Love you

La Mamita

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Brandi — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:46:25 GMT

We just started planting our own vegetable garden last year, and let me tell you, it was a success. We only have a small patch of land to work with since we live in a small 6 unit apartment complex, but we made the most of it. Beets, tomatoes, bell peppers, banana peppers, lettuce, carrots and herbs! We saved so much money, and with our garden was also able to save others some money by giving them some of our surplus. More and more poeple need to realize how cheap it is to spend 1.50 or less on seeds and reap the benefits by producing lots of 3.00 bell peppers.

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Pchan — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:39:37 GMT

I'd love to have a garden, but I live in an apartment (not in a big city, but I cannot afford a house even out here) and do not have a sunny enough windowsill to grow herbs. Not everyone can garden, and the closest farmers, market is an hour away and is held during the workday. There are no community gardens in my community. I make my own meals, bring my own coffee to work (I'd drink the stuff at work, but it's awful, so I make my own inexpensive stuff with a shot of cinnamon or artificial vanilla and lots of microwaved milk), and brown bag it. I don't buy a lot of things. I hate shopping.

Gardening, canning, and crafting are great, but you need the time to do it. When I was younger, I worked two jobs to make ends meet. I didn't shop a lot and I wasn't irresponsible with money. I lived in inexpensive places but still needed two jobs to pay my bills and rent and build an emergency fund (which I needed when I was laid off three months after getting a job upon graduation). I didn't make a "choice" to not do those things, I made a choice to keep my head above water! I'm not knocking gardening--I've enjoyed it when I have had the opportunity, and I prefer home-grown vegetables to anything from big agra. But it's not a viable option for everyone. This doesn't make me spoiled, and I have never "looked down" on anyone

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ogrodnik — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:25:26 GMT

Last year I moved to an former eastern bloc country. Everybody here grows their own fruits and vegetables and preserves them for the winter. The idea of organic would be risible to them, it's quite common to see chickens roaming around peoples' garden. The people here can't really afford the chemicals that would make their food inorganic.

My husband's father has a special allotment garden, from the former system when a factory would provide small plots of land to it's employees to farm for personal use. These plots are no bigger than a small suburban backyard. THis plot produced enough strawberries, raspberries, grapes, peppers, tomatoes, green beans, carrots,beats and potatoes, to feed 7 adults and 3 children, fresh produce all summer with preserves throughout the winter. Sure it might not look as pretty as a perfectly useless manicured lawn, but its cheaper than the grocery store and healthier and tastier than eating canned.

Maybe what the government should do is start providing some of it's inner city green space to low income families that haven't got a backyard and help people start gardens so that they can eat healthier and cheaper at least part of the year. (However starting a garden can be quite costly and the program would have to provide seed and high quality soil, at least the first year.)

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Bobbi — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:00:39 GMT

The greatest places to save money on food is Costco---always fresh, superior quality, and good choices. Make separate packages of their bulk foods/meats, poultry, fish goes in freezer--in the early days of our life, we had to watch our dollars. Iit is good for everyone to learn how to stretch the dollar when buying food--one can make some very creative/delicious cuisine--