They may not have had the plenty that agriculture could provide, but they were few and their food supply flexible.
But statistically, Americans split their food budgets almost equally between them.
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There are more romantic places to dine, it has to be said, but Malaysians are serious about their food, and don't allow anything as trivial as lack of ambience to spoil their appetite.
Private-label products could make some inroads into the food market, but their threat is likely to be further in the future.
Both carry among the highest fast food multiples, but their price-earnings ratios look well-deserved, given their roughly 20% annual growth rates, and plentiful potential.
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Surely the CPI would be even higher today if we not only included inputs like gasoline and food, but increased their weighting in consideration of how much gasoline alone eats up the budget of the average earner.
The program helps not just the bellies of food recipients, but also their sense of self worth.
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So this is important for consumers who need to know that their food is safe, but it's also important for the fishermen and processors, who need to be able to sell their products with confidence.
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Everybody knows that worker ants can run flat-out all day with giant loads of food on their backs, but can they do this and also dance the limbo?
Because the place is so unforgiving, the luxury component comes not only in the comforting navigation of crackerjack guides and their surprisingly inventive campfire food, but in incredible discoveries.
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It is understandable that the food industry wants to protect our efficient and safe systems of food production and distribution, but their anxiety takes into account neither the realities of contemporary agriculture nor the nuances of biopharming.
Cruise lines quickly blame the passengers for not washing their hands, but the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration concluded long ago that the most likely and common source of norovirus is contaminated food or water.
The two Asian giants are demanding more food (and more types of food), but so far their own farmers have largely satisfied that, so they have not needed to trade much (though that would change dramatically if China were to import wheat this year).
But their diets worsened overall (Iceland produces little fresh food, and imports became costly).
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The family wasn't wealthy, but the brothers always had clothes on their backs and food on the table.
But ask any local food connoisseur in Penang where their favourite food stalls are and every one will give you vastly different answers.
Not only did the Dutch keep meticulous records of their food rations during the war, but Dutch men, at least, were subject to psychological scrutiny when conscripted into the army, usually at the age of 18.
Both Lily and Katie have now put on weight following their treatment but they are both still very particular about food and rigid about eating routines.
But unlike their agricultural brethren, they do not result in food shortages and those wood chips could be mixed in with coal before it is combusted.
Maybe, in the end, there is nothing that these small public schools can do but accept their lot at the bottom of the high school food chain.
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It's an earnest wish that their food should not only be tasty, but really pleasurable, and that the hope that their life will be a bit better as a result.
But there are other measures that the government can and should take, including ensuring that the regulations we pursue appropriately protect Americans -- their food and water and air -- but do not unnecessarily impinge on businesses, and things like the payroll tax cut that the President talked about today.
If subsidies are removed, world food prices will rise, helping their farmers but harming their consumers.
The same amount of food was produced in all their scenarios, but land sharing harmed wildlife more.
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They buy some food at discounted prices through their church, but are proud they have remained current on their mortgage, home-equity loan, insurance and property taxes.
The doctors had realised Daniel was not only frightened of food but of spoons too, and much of their work was about getting him to trust them.
But suppose for the sake of argument that every individual cooked their own food.
But because of food shortages in villages, many are still finding their way back.
Spiders will eat stink bugs, but there is no American predator that relies on them as their main food source, Ms. Leskey says.
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