I found this document in some of my research I’ve been doing and found it interesting. The USDA does a monthly report on how much families in the United States spend on food by four categories: Thrifty plan, Low-Cost Plan, Moderate Plan, and Liberal Plan. Take a look and see where you fall!
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I was really interested to see this — our 2 person household (within an 8-person intentional community) comes in below Thrifty, which I suppose is simply from buying in bulk, growing a little, cooking from scratch, and not purchasing many processed foods. I feel like we eat very, very well.