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Rationing food in the land of plenty?
It's happening, reports The New York Sun |
Tom Philpott |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Is the U.S. on the brink of food rationing? Possibly. Reports The New York Sun: Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply. It's hard to know what to make of the report, though. The Sun article focuses mainly on anecdotal evidence: shoppers at a Costco in Silicon Valley -- one of the the most prosperous areas on the planet -- a guy who runs a surviva ... |
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