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Soaring Food Costs Mean a Garden is as Good as Gold
The How Do Gardener ^ | 04/15/2012 | Rick Bickling

Posted on 04/16/2012 4:57:26 AM PDT by orsonwb

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index Data for March 2012, the Consumer Price Index for fresh vegetables purchased for home use rose 4.5 percent from the same time last year. Recent USDA data also shows that the price of grains such as corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans has increased 234% since January 2002...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Gardening
KEYWORDS: burningfood; cpi; ethanol; food; foodprices; foodsupply; obamanomics; ppi; prices
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To: bgill

Those are hops...crucial in any beer recipe.


21 posted on 04/16/2012 8:00:20 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: gorush

Ah. I don’t drink beer but still should have known.


22 posted on 04/16/2012 8:05:01 AM PDT by bgill
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23 posted on 04/16/2012 8:17:46 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: gorush

Hops?


24 posted on 04/16/2012 8:37:07 AM PDT by american_ranger
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To: american_ranger

I have over 400 quarts of veggies canned in the basement. Planted most of the garden this past week-end. So far there are about 50 shallots, 50 red onions, 32 tomato plants, 8 cucumber plants, 15 sweet peppers plants, 3 cayenne plants, 6 jalapeno plants, and I still have some more to plant tomorrow or Wednesday.


25 posted on 04/16/2012 8:44:15 AM PDT by american_ranger
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To: gorush

Those are hops...crucial in any beer recipe—

Can be used to make yeast, for breadmaking too...


26 posted on 04/16/2012 9:17:53 AM PDT by Freddd (No PA Engineers)
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Thanks orsonwb.


27 posted on 04/17/2012 6:57:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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