>Rural Americans used to have G A R D E N S.<
Good point! What do they think all that soil is for? Mud pies?
During WWII we lived in the city and had a victory garden and a grape arbor. I live in the city now and have a garden, fruit trees and a raspberry patch. There is no excuse not to be able to grow your own veggies if you have a city lot. In fact, not far from me there is a communal garden for apartment dwellers. Or drive out to the country to pick and pay.
There is no excuse for empty shelves, and laziness is not an excuse!
Not exactly on the subject but rural Americans also used to have farms. I don’t get it. I buy a lot of yellow onions and now each one has a sticker on it that says it is from Peru. Can we not grow our own onions. Just my cranky opinion.