This is absolutely critical information right now, and going forward as we will be losing SNAP benefits anyways. *Let them eat cake* Okay, so we can feed each other when the going gets tough. Thank you for assembling this.
This is so wonderful to see. Hooverville food from the Great Depression. Who in the MAGA klan thought their president would do this to them? He promised lower prices for everything from groceries to energy to petrol! Now they are seeing with their own eyes that he was lying to them the entire time. He has been made a billionaire several times over with his Ponzi schemes selling crypto without even buying it! His World Liberty Financial is just the "middleman" tethered to Binance, who's CEO he just pardoned so they can carry on with their schemes. They trusted this man to save them from democracy's "woke-ness," he's leaving them without a potato to eat! I'm sorry this is happening but I must warn you it's not yet as bad as it's going to get. His super-rich pals are going to be making so much money too because they are going o cut your wages if you even have a job. Even the lowest paid worker will not be able to argue as he has taken that right away from you as well. The redistricting can solve some of the issues with the voting he's gerry mandering but not all. You need to be prepared fight for even this right. Don't lose hope. There are people in the USA like THE 50501 MOVEMENT that are working for you everyday. Give your time and any money you can spare to help them help others. Don't go out with a whimper. Don't let the oligarchs run America. It's still YOUR land! This is not the end of the line for you but it should be for him and his GOP (Guardians Of Pedophiles)
He lied because all he wanted was their vote…so typical of CONMEN…they tell you what YOU want to hear to get something out of you! In his case…he wanted to stay out of jail, rob our country blind, get as much power as possible & stay in power…all his minions & his BILLIONAIRE friends are having a ball right now…but when the depression hits…they’ll all go broke because the stock prices will plummet, their shelves full of goods will get dust laden & they will loose everything!
We may not have anything, but we’ll have our community & we will learn to help each other, we will learn to share & we will turn school cafeterias into community cafeterias….we’ll become stronger & will come out of this united!
You're right to a point Josseline. The billionaires won't crash with the American economy because as soon as donnie little dick gives them the heads up they'll take their money and run. And invest it in another country's economy. What! Did you really believe they are PATRIOTIC? MAGA will be left in the lurch to take all the blame from the citizens and it won't be pretty unfortunately.
Well maybe that's why Ivanka and her hubby have bought their own island! I forget the name but it's off the coast of Albania. They plan on turning it into a resort for the ULTRA rich. Unfortunately it's covered in land mines so before they can start to build they have to remove all the mines. Just gotta hope they miss one under donnie little dicks bed. Because I know he'll never serve time or pay even a fine for his crimes. We have to rely on karma. ('-')
For people who don't get the joke - the name Hoover Stew was meant as an insult to President Hoover whose policies kept the depression going and who refused to feed the hungry.
President Hoover was a multimillionaire who once claimed that anyone that hadn't made a million dollars by the time he was forty wasn't worth much. He didn't care about starving people, and neither will Trump. The cruelty is the point, and those kinds of insults will be points of pride for MAGA.
I did not know that piece of history. Dang. I mean, I knew there were a lot of people who were thrilled /s with Hoover because of the Depression, but not the other.
This is such a vital, comprehensive resource. Your point about sharing Costco memberships is particularly smart - it's exactly the kind of Depression-era comunity thinking we need today. A $65 membership divided between 3-4 families becomes negligible, and the bulk savings on staples (rice, beans, eggs, peanut butter) can literally mean the difference between feeding your family or not. The math is compelling: a 25-pound bag of rice at Costco costs about $20 versus $40+ at regular grocery stores. That's real money back in families' pockets. Thank you for including both the historical context and modern strategies - knowing our grandparents survived similar crises with cooperation gives hope that we can too.
I write a series here called “A Bridge Into the Next World,” where I share letters of hope in these trying times. I have to tell you that your essay is a brilliant summary of how to practically meet the moment. I have just shared it with a couple thousand ladies on a wellness platform I’m on. I’ve written for that platform for over 10 years now, and I know that your newsletter will be spread by them across the U.S… It’s a wonderful thing you are offering here. Thank you for your kind service.
TY reposted. I'm in TX there are so many that are homeless. Makes my heart hurt. I am retired 68 yrs old applying for jobs so that I can try and help them. I helped before, and that is one awesome feeling. I need to feel that feeling again.
Here is what hunger tasted like in my youth: salsa and mayonnaise on white bread. Not a quirky recipe. A red-and-white flag of neglect. My parents were “Out” for weeks at a time, a twenty-dollar bill tossed on the table like a dare. I learned triage young. You cut the mold off the bread. You thin the mayo with water. You stretch the salsa with fried diced potatoes to make it look like stew. You keep your brother alive.
When I read that 42 million people might not get November SNAP, I smell that old kitchen again. Not nostalgia. Nitric anger. The USDA has said no benefits will be issued for November while the shutdown drags on, and they will not tap contingency funds. That is a policy of starvation. One in eight Americans. Off a cliff. On purpose.
Let me define my position clearly. Starving people is not fiscal discipline. It is social arson disguised as governance.
What the opposition claims: that there is no money, that emergency reserves must be protected, and that states can figure it out. Reality check. The agency is choosing not to use reserves while acknowledging the gap, and states are warning or suspending November issuances. Some are scrambling to front cash. Most cannot. This is engineered scarcity. Period.
Numbers matter. In 2024, the average SNAP benefit was about $188 per person per month. That is about six bucks a day. The kind of budget where a bruised apple is both fruit and apology. Removing that overnight does not “encourage work.” It detonates kitchens. It crushes grocers in poor zip codes. It spikes food-bank lines that are already wrapped around the block. Anti-hunger leaders are calling this the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression for a reason.
If you can find billions for your Gestapo, you can keep children, elders, disabled neighbors, and working families in groceries for thirty days. The “personal responsibility” crowd is always loudest when cutting other people’s lifelines. Funny how bootstraps are never sewn to their own boots.
If you claim to defend families, feed them. If you claim to love small business, keep EBT running, or watch corner stores die. If you claim to back the troops, then back the VA households on SNAP. Your own logic convicts you.
Now, for the only thing that ever saved me and my brother. Community. Not charity that scolds. Mutual aid that feeds. The 50501 guide is solid. Here is my blunt, field-tested expansion to carry us through November.
Quick Survival Playbook, from a salsa-and-mayo graduate:
-- Two-pot system. One-pot cooking lets you rotate staples all week. One pot turns scraps into stock. If you have rice or oats and a stock pot, you have a plan.
-- Protein triangle. Eggs, beans, peanut butter. Cheap. Stable. Combine beans and rice as your complete protein base. Season hard. Pride is a spice.
-- The cabbage economy. Fifty cents a pound buys crunch, fiber, and bulk for soups, slaws, and stir-fries. Cabbage plus potatoes is a thousand dinners.
-- Free the freezer. Slice and freeze bread, milk, cheese, and berries. Freeze vegetable odds and ends. When the bag is full, boil a broth and brag about it.
-- Barter like a boss. Childcare for car fixes. Homework help for a sack of flour. Share bulk buys with three neighbors and split the cost.
-- Library power. Internet, recipes, community boards, and a warm room that smells like paper and mercy. Post flyers for swaps and meal trains.
-- Know your sacred kitchens. Gurdwaras frequently serve free vegetarian meals. Many churches, mosques, and community centers feed with no clipboard drama. Ask. Eat.
-- Stretch strategies that actually work. Oatmeal becomes savory porridge with egg and scallions. Lentils turn ground meat into double dinners without complaint. “Anything casserole” is legality for leftovers. Base, binder, topping. Bake.
The no-shame clause. You deserve dinner. Period.
For neighbors who can help:
Cash beats cans. Food banks buy seven times what your retail dollars buy. If you cannot donate money, volunteer for two hours. Drive a route. Carry boxes. Text your neighbors: “I am going to the store. Who needs basics?” That counts. It all counts.
Hunger is a policy choice. Community is a counter-policy. Washington chose empty cupboards. We choose full pots. Meet me at the stove. Bring a knife, a cabbage, a phone, and a loud mouth. We will feed each other, then we will vote like our lives depend on it, because they do.
You cannot starve a people who have learned to share. Try it and watch us multiply.
We routinely make a base for soups and stews by scavenging the parts of celery that would normally be thrown away. The leaves and the lower part of the stalks that aren’t green can all be diced up and mixed with onion flakes, garlic powder, pepper, and a large spoonful of either beef or chicken concentrate in water, then boiled and puréed. Typically one bunch of celery can yield about 6 cups of stock, which can be used immediately or frozen for use later. It’s even a decent celery soup all by itself…
This is absolutely critical information right now, and going forward as we will be losing SNAP benefits anyways. *Let them eat cake* Okay, so we can feed each other when the going gets tough. Thank you for assembling this.
This is so wonderful to see. Hooverville food from the Great Depression. Who in the MAGA klan thought their president would do this to them? He promised lower prices for everything from groceries to energy to petrol! Now they are seeing with their own eyes that he was lying to them the entire time. He has been made a billionaire several times over with his Ponzi schemes selling crypto without even buying it! His World Liberty Financial is just the "middleman" tethered to Binance, who's CEO he just pardoned so they can carry on with their schemes. They trusted this man to save them from democracy's "woke-ness," he's leaving them without a potato to eat! I'm sorry this is happening but I must warn you it's not yet as bad as it's going to get. His super-rich pals are going to be making so much money too because they are going o cut your wages if you even have a job. Even the lowest paid worker will not be able to argue as he has taken that right away from you as well. The redistricting can solve some of the issues with the voting he's gerry mandering but not all. You need to be prepared fight for even this right. Don't lose hope. There are people in the USA like THE 50501 MOVEMENT that are working for you everyday. Give your time and any money you can spare to help them help others. Don't go out with a whimper. Don't let the oligarchs run America. It's still YOUR land! This is not the end of the line for you but it should be for him and his GOP (Guardians Of Pedophiles)
He lied because all he wanted was their vote…so typical of CONMEN…they tell you what YOU want to hear to get something out of you! In his case…he wanted to stay out of jail, rob our country blind, get as much power as possible & stay in power…all his minions & his BILLIONAIRE friends are having a ball right now…but when the depression hits…they’ll all go broke because the stock prices will plummet, their shelves full of goods will get dust laden & they will loose everything!
We may not have anything, but we’ll have our community & we will learn to help each other, we will learn to share & we will turn school cafeterias into community cafeterias….we’ll become stronger & will come out of this united!
You're right to a point Josseline. The billionaires won't crash with the American economy because as soon as donnie little dick gives them the heads up they'll take their money and run. And invest it in another country's economy. What! Did you really believe they are PATRIOTIC? MAGA will be left in the lurch to take all the blame from the citizens and it won't be pretty unfortunately.
Not sure any viable country will want them. Their only loyalty is to themselves, money and power. The GREEDY are always Selfish Slobs.
Well maybe that's why Ivanka and her hubby have bought their own island! I forget the name but it's off the coast of Albania. They plan on turning it into a resort for the ULTRA rich. Unfortunately it's covered in land mines so before they can start to build they have to remove all the mines. Just gotta hope they miss one under donnie little dicks bed. Because I know he'll never serve time or pay even a fine for his crimes. We have to rely on karma. ('-')
For people who don't get the joke - the name Hoover Stew was meant as an insult to President Hoover whose policies kept the depression going and who refused to feed the hungry.
I thought "Hooverville" referred to the dump-like areas in which people ended up living because of the economy when he was president.
President Hoover was a multimillionaire who once claimed that anyone that hadn't made a million dollars by the time he was forty wasn't worth much. He didn't care about starving people, and neither will Trump. The cruelty is the point, and those kinds of insults will be points of pride for MAGA.
i missed that. I recall ‘Edith & Archie Bunker’ singing that boy ‘🎶we need a guy like Herbert Hoover again! Didn’t need no welfare state!’ etc. 🎶
I did not know that piece of history. Dang. I mean, I knew there were a lot of people who were thrilled /s with Hoover because of the Depression, but not the other.
Thank you for this invaluable information💙💜
Thank you. Not just for the info, but also for being the only coverage I’ve seen so far that *includes* people on benefits in the presumed audience.
It may seem small, but for someone feeling isolated and forgotten, it matters to be part of “us” instead of “them”.
Ofc! Thank you for reading and supporting us and thank you for being here! 🩵
Can some one translate this to Spanish?
We are looking for someone to help us with this, we should have translated articles soon! :)
Awesome. I have many students whose parents speak only Spanish. I’m worried for them.
This is crucial information. Thank you SO MUCH.
This is such a vital, comprehensive resource. Your point about sharing Costco memberships is particularly smart - it's exactly the kind of Depression-era comunity thinking we need today. A $65 membership divided between 3-4 families becomes negligible, and the bulk savings on staples (rice, beans, eggs, peanut butter) can literally mean the difference between feeding your family or not. The math is compelling: a 25-pound bag of rice at Costco costs about $20 versus $40+ at regular grocery stores. That's real money back in families' pockets. Thank you for including both the historical context and modern strategies - knowing our grandparents survived similar crises with cooperation gives hope that we can too.
I write a series here called “A Bridge Into the Next World,” where I share letters of hope in these trying times. I have to tell you that your essay is a brilliant summary of how to practically meet the moment. I have just shared it with a couple thousand ladies on a wellness platform I’m on. I’ve written for that platform for over 10 years now, and I know that your newsletter will be spread by them across the U.S… It’s a wonderful thing you are offering here. Thank you for your kind service.
So well organized and beautifully written...Thank you so much...
TY reposted. I'm in TX there are so many that are homeless. Makes my heart hurt. I am retired 68 yrs old applying for jobs so that I can try and help them. I helped before, and that is one awesome feeling. I need to feel that feeling again.
Here is what hunger tasted like in my youth: salsa and mayonnaise on white bread. Not a quirky recipe. A red-and-white flag of neglect. My parents were “Out” for weeks at a time, a twenty-dollar bill tossed on the table like a dare. I learned triage young. You cut the mold off the bread. You thin the mayo with water. You stretch the salsa with fried diced potatoes to make it look like stew. You keep your brother alive.
When I read that 42 million people might not get November SNAP, I smell that old kitchen again. Not nostalgia. Nitric anger. The USDA has said no benefits will be issued for November while the shutdown drags on, and they will not tap contingency funds. That is a policy of starvation. One in eight Americans. Off a cliff. On purpose.
Let me define my position clearly. Starving people is not fiscal discipline. It is social arson disguised as governance.
What the opposition claims: that there is no money, that emergency reserves must be protected, and that states can figure it out. Reality check. The agency is choosing not to use reserves while acknowledging the gap, and states are warning or suspending November issuances. Some are scrambling to front cash. Most cannot. This is engineered scarcity. Period.
Numbers matter. In 2024, the average SNAP benefit was about $188 per person per month. That is about six bucks a day. The kind of budget where a bruised apple is both fruit and apology. Removing that overnight does not “encourage work.” It detonates kitchens. It crushes grocers in poor zip codes. It spikes food-bank lines that are already wrapped around the block. Anti-hunger leaders are calling this the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression for a reason.
If you can find billions for your Gestapo, you can keep children, elders, disabled neighbors, and working families in groceries for thirty days. The “personal responsibility” crowd is always loudest when cutting other people’s lifelines. Funny how bootstraps are never sewn to their own boots.
If you claim to defend families, feed them. If you claim to love small business, keep EBT running, or watch corner stores die. If you claim to back the troops, then back the VA households on SNAP. Your own logic convicts you.
Now, for the only thing that ever saved me and my brother. Community. Not charity that scolds. Mutual aid that feeds. The 50501 guide is solid. Here is my blunt, field-tested expansion to carry us through November.
Quick Survival Playbook, from a salsa-and-mayo graduate:
-- Two-pot system. One-pot cooking lets you rotate staples all week. One pot turns scraps into stock. If you have rice or oats and a stock pot, you have a plan.
-- Protein triangle. Eggs, beans, peanut butter. Cheap. Stable. Combine beans and rice as your complete protein base. Season hard. Pride is a spice.
-- The cabbage economy. Fifty cents a pound buys crunch, fiber, and bulk for soups, slaws, and stir-fries. Cabbage plus potatoes is a thousand dinners.
-- Free the freezer. Slice and freeze bread, milk, cheese, and berries. Freeze vegetable odds and ends. When the bag is full, boil a broth and brag about it.
-- Barter like a boss. Childcare for car fixes. Homework help for a sack of flour. Share bulk buys with three neighbors and split the cost.
-- Library power. Internet, recipes, community boards, and a warm room that smells like paper and mercy. Post flyers for swaps and meal trains.
-- Know your sacred kitchens. Gurdwaras frequently serve free vegetarian meals. Many churches, mosques, and community centers feed with no clipboard drama. Ask. Eat.
-- Stretch strategies that actually work. Oatmeal becomes savory porridge with egg and scallions. Lentils turn ground meat into double dinners without complaint. “Anything casserole” is legality for leftovers. Base, binder, topping. Bake.
The no-shame clause. You deserve dinner. Period.
For neighbors who can help:
Cash beats cans. Food banks buy seven times what your retail dollars buy. If you cannot donate money, volunteer for two hours. Drive a route. Carry boxes. Text your neighbors: “I am going to the store. Who needs basics?” That counts. It all counts.
Hunger is a policy choice. Community is a counter-policy. Washington chose empty cupboards. We choose full pots. Meet me at the stove. Bring a knife, a cabbage, a phone, and a loud mouth. We will feed each other, then we will vote like our lives depend on it, because they do.
You cannot starve a people who have learned to share. Try it and watch us multiply.
Thank you. Much needed information for the " What Steps Next". This information will be discussed at or next group meeting. Excellent!!!!!
Perfect. I will repost to Reading.Writing.Revolution when I get home. Thanks for this.
A helpful source of free food from nature: www.fallingfruit.org
We routinely make a base for soups and stews by scavenging the parts of celery that would normally be thrown away. The leaves and the lower part of the stalks that aren’t green can all be diced up and mixed with onion flakes, garlic powder, pepper, and a large spoonful of either beef or chicken concentrate in water, then boiled and puréed. Typically one bunch of celery can yield about 6 cups of stock, which can be used immediately or frozen for use later. It’s even a decent celery soup all by itself…