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Preserving Food
How to Save Food and Save Money In the US, we throw away a lot of food. I know I do. First, I buy too much, as though I’m feeding a family (I live alone), and then, rather than getting around to freezing food, I let too much sit in the fridge until it rots.The…
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We All Have to Eat. Not Everyone Can Afford To
Why food stays expensive We need food and can’t just avoid buying it as though it were a luxury item. Since 2021, food costs have been increasing. Several pressures hit at once: pandemic-related supply chain problems, labor shortages, rising freight costs, and access to fertilizer tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine all pushed prices up.…
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The Loneliness Epidemic
In the spring of 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public health epidemic, stating that nearly half of Americans were already lonely before COVID. While social media was supposed to bring us closer together, we have only grown further apart.