Here in NJ our “rural areas” are farms; there is no shortage of fresh vegetables, but if they’re going to deep-fry them I guess it won’t help...
I’m here in NJ too. I’ve turned my rose garden into a herb and vegetable garden. It costs only a couple of pennies to buy seeds...a little more to sow them inside, as I do, come March. Deep fry removes all the nutrition? How sad.