How many think $75 of nutritional food -- not Ramen noodles -- a month could adequately feed a single person household?
Only if I was spending it on ammunition, bait, & irrigation...How many think $75 of nutritional food -- not Ramen noodles -- a month could adequately feed a single person household?
Can it be done on $75 a month? Yes. Think garden and canning and some hunting and fishing with a milk cow or goat for your dairy. If you mean all from the local grocery store... I doubt $75 would be sufficient but I think it could be done for $125. Just my thoughts having grown up in a farm family but got turned into a city girl!
75 dollars a month is my budget for alcohol ya know a few six packs of beer, a few bottles of wine and a nice bottle of good scotch or tequilla.
I don't see how anybody can afford to drink or smoke, these days! Luckily, I haven't done either for many years. I struggle with the "cheaper vices" such as refined sugar and junk food, and just when I think I have conquered them for good, I relapse and indulge myself. I don't even try to stay away from coffee though I should be drinking decaf, I suppose.
Not me.
We are ate $205 per week for 4 people and two of them weigh less than 90lbs so 205 x 52 / 12 / 4 = $222 per month for one person. For grocery items not just food, cleaners toothpaste etc...
I know we could drive this lower but I'm just not seeing $75 per month.
Oh I can show you how.. Schlitz beer 1.99 a six pack on sale, trader joes charles shaw wines 2.99 a bottle. Now the tequilla will set ya back a bit gotta drink the preimium stuff the cheap stuff will make you take off the clothes and run naked thru the streets and wake up with an awful headache, in a far away place not knowing how ya got there.
Some politicians took up a "live (eat) on food stamps alone" trial a few months ago. It came out to about $3/day and was very difficult with even more money than what you're proposing... more like $90-100/month.
Congressional Food Stamp Challenge
crazy connie: What's your budget for buying the cow/goat (plus land, shelter, fencing, vet bills, feed, etc.)?
"..cows may consume 100 pounds of feed and 50 gallons of water per day"
Florida Dairy Farm Situation and Outlook 2005
Wow! I think a cow is a budget buster. A goat is probably more manageable; plus you can rent it out to the neighbors to clear brush and weeds.
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Just curious, wildcat: where did you come up with this number, $75?[/quote]
A $75/mo food bill for a month will give me enough wiggle room to take a kick ass mountain biking tour in November O0