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Rice and Wrong: Food Costs Flummox

04/25/08 - 12:01 PM EDT

Suzanne Barlyn

Supporting local agriculture is another way to put a dent in this crisis -- particularly with warmer weather approaching. Buying and freezing local produce not only supports farmers in your community, but also cuts down on pricey fuel-based costs of transporting produce from other countries and far-away locations within our own borders.

Curbing our driving habits is a plausible consequence to rising gas prices.

But when food prices run amok, who wants to stop eating?




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Suzanne Barlyn is a writer in Washington Crossing, Pa.

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