• moonbunny@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Iirc, there was also a majorly catastrophic weather event ripping through the majority of prime farmland around the start of the Great Depression that caused tons and tons of crops to fail as a result, which would’ve made access to food scarce and likely more expensive.

    I believe it was The great dust bowl that happened around 1934/1935, but I’d have to double check