On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 19:12:24 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
> I agree with all your points. I come from Western Illinois, where farmers
> have taken a real beating in the last 20 or so years (in fact my dad had to
> give up the farm in *1959*, working at J I Case or other farm implement
> makers offered a better way of life for us; at one time our prosperous
> extended family seemingly owned half the county...now there are not any
> Morrow farmers left in the county..it's the same with other formerly
> "prominent" families....).

This is the age of Agri-business. Farmers who aren't
struggling are usually "gentleman" farmers.

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Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 19:12:24 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
> I agree with all your points. I come from Western Illinois, where farmers
> have taken a real beating in the last 20 or so years (in fact my dad had to
> give up the farm in *1959*, working at J I Case or other farm implement
> makers offered a better way of life for us; at one time our prosperous
> extended family seemingly owned half the county...now there are not any
> Morrow farmers left in the county..it's the same with other formerly
> "prominent" families....).

This is the age of Agri-business. Farmers who aren't
struggling are usually "gentleman" farmers.

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 18:30:41 -0400, Larry Smith
> wrote:

> But, hey, when you're out to soak the rich you need to
> expect some collateral damage. Perhaps it would be a
> nicer world if the Democrats could stop to think who
> the "rich" they target really are and how little money
> they may actually have. They are so busy trying to
> screw Bill Gates and Donald Trump they no longer even
> think about who else they might be trampling

Can you get those blinders on just a little tighter?

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Practice safe eating - always use condiments

I work at a grocery store and we get people complaining all of the time..I
am in the Meat department and the one thing they have been complaining to me
most about is the price of Bacon..
"Jarkat2002" > wrote in message
...
> >...or does anyone else think that groceries have gotten more expensive in
> >the last year or so? Beef, chicken, and dairy products have for various
> >reasons spiked up in price, but most everything seems to have gone up at
> >least a little....
> >
> >The only real exception I've noticed is orange juice - there has been a
> >bumper crop of oranges and because of the Atikins mania fewer are
drinking
> >it, so OJ is a relative bargain these days....
> >
> >I hew to a fairly strict grocery budget, use coupons, cook a lot from
> >scratch, and tend to buy stuff only when it's on sale...I'm not the type
to
> >get a hundred bucks from the ATM and go grocery shopping just because
it's a
> >fun thing to do. I always make a list and stick to it.
> >
> >Anyone else notice this or is it just me?
> >
> >--
> >Best
> >Greg
>
> I have noticed. And it seems to be getting worse. Not only have prices
gone
> up but what you get per package has gone down. The quality of meats,
fruits and
> veggies have also gone down, at least in my area.
> I would say that our food budget has gone up 10% in the last year for the
exact
> same foods from the year before.
>
> ~Kat
>
> "help is on the way"
> ~John Kerry

I work at a grocery store and we get people complaining all of the time..I
am in the Meat department and the one thing they have been complaining to me
most about is the price of Bacon..
"Jarkat2002" > wrote in message
...
> >...or does anyone else think that groceries have gotten more expensive in
> >the last year or so? Beef, chicken, and dairy products have for various
> >reasons spiked up in price, but most everything seems to have gone up at
> >least a little....
> >
> >The only real exception I've noticed is orange juice - there has been a
> >bumper crop of oranges and because of the Atikins mania fewer are
drinking
> >it, so OJ is a relative bargain these days....
> >
> >I hew to a fairly strict grocery budget, use coupons, cook a lot from
> >scratch, and tend to buy stuff only when it's on sale...I'm not the type
to
> >get a hundred bucks from the ATM and go grocery shopping just because
it's a
> >fun thing to do. I always make a list and stick to it.
> >
> >Anyone else notice this or is it just me?
> >
> >--
> >Best
> >Greg
>
> I have noticed. And it seems to be getting worse. Not only have prices
gone
> up but what you get per package has gone down. The quality of meats,
fruits and
> veggies have also gone down, at least in my area.
> I would say that our food budget has gone up 10% in the last year for the
exact
> same foods from the year before.
>
> ~Kat
>
> "help is on the way"
> ~John Kerry