3 The Depression Years It is difficult to know the exact number of consumer cooperatives during the 1930s because figures sometimes included credit unions, farm supply stores, and other retail stores. One estimate is that as of 1933 there were 2,000 consumer cooperatives and that at least one...
Free sugars are those added during the processing of foods, packaged as table sugar, and naturally occurring in honey, fruit juice, vegetable juice and similar products in which the cellular (细胞的) structure of the food has been broken down, according to the FDA. This category does not inc...
Growing your own is the most typical historical response to unstable food access. Limited supply during World War I led governments toencouragehome and community food production. "Dig for Victory" campaigns were rolled out in the US and Canada, extending to the UK and Australia in World War II...
During the Great Depression, farmers in the county organized the Farmers Holiday Group. This kept farm products off the market until the desired price was met. A radical group among them abducted Judge Bradley from his court chamber and threatened to hang him in the front of the courthouse. B...
In order to continue sweetening the world’s food supply, thus securing continued profits, the sugar industry turned to the very same deceptions and tactics lifted from the tobacco industry. Using big sugar’s own internal documents on this strategy, Sugar Coated reveals the well-oiled tricks of...
Understanding Food Insecurity During the Great Recession—https://web.stanford.edu/group/recessiontrends-dev/cgi-bin/web/resources/research-project/understanding-food-insecurity-during-great-recession 44. Effect of Remittances on Food Security in Venezuelan Households—https://publications.iadb.org/publicati...
P.S. Ishared research in 2015about relative welfare benefits in Europe and I subsequently wrote a three-part series (here,here, andhere) about the damage to European economies. P.P.S.This cartoon stripprobably does a better job of teaching about incentives to supply labor than the average ...
Have a Supply of Water Set Aside Filling your bathtub with water, or having gallons of water set aside for “crappy” situations such as this, will be a great option. Pouring the water into the toilet tank and hitting the flushing lever can help your toilet flush during a power outage. ...
Food stamps were originally used as a way to help struggling farmers combat the excess surplus of crops in livestock during the Great Depression in 1933. Along with many other government assistance programs, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created this through the Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA). ...
As another example, during the COVID crisis, the word resilient was used for direct to consumer outlets opening during the restrictions and although that part WAS incredibly difficult, little research was done on the larger-than-normal turnover of market staff that by state and network leaders ...