Rich or poor?
They say Hungary is one of the poorest countries in Europe but there is plenty of food for everybody.
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They say The Netherlands is one of the richest countries in Europe but more and more people need help from the food-bank. The food-bank is an organisation with a lot of volunteers which organize food-distribution and give away food for poor families.
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You are poor when you are rich on paper!
It is not difficult, we make things difficult!
Most of us have lost the essential skills our ancestors had ... we rely too much on the easy access to grocery stores and are unable to grow any of our own food. What happens when supermarkets close one day?
When trucks don't drive and the supermarkets are empty, there is a big problem.
Hungary is far from the poorest. You are far ahead of all of us who live south to you. Howeveer, you lure a lot of people from Serbia with your cheap food, albeit we also produce a lot of it for cheap. You can also find on my blog about a tragic event in Montenegro of two days ago when a girl starved to death due to abrupt social policy changes and inequality. Montenegro hs been the fastest growing economy in our region for the last 10 years, but they still have such tragic events.
I know that the countries in Eastern Europe has been the fastest growing economies. Hopefully they don't follow the west and create a big gap between rich and poor. I shall read your blog, thanks for your reaction.
I love your message and couldn't agree more with it. I grew up on a farm here in Transylvania, Romania, and we have always grown most of our food. This year we managed to grow about 80% of the food we used. In total, we've produced 10 tons of food for ourselves and our animals.
It's very healthy, rewarding and liberating. I wish more people would try to grow their own food.
@bankster Your story is a good example, thanks for your reaction! I am sure a lot of people want to go back to basic. The world is telling us to move to the cities and learn, learn, work, work, work and spend money for unnecessary things.
Thanks! It really is going back to the very basics but it's also so incredibly peaceful and rewarding. I've lived in a big city, I know its rewards but also the stress and worries. Farming is a lot of work as well, but at least you're outside, surrounded by beautiful nature and animals. The only thing that's bothering me right now is that I'm a bit lonely here in the countryside. Otherwise, it's great.
I would like to know more about subsistence agriculture in Hungary and Romania. Here in Serbia it is widely used, many people grow their own foods. In 2017 my family fattened pigs and raised many chickens for eggs and meat. We also grew a lot of veggies, and made our own brandy (this is the illegal part). We sold a part of the produce so it wasnt quite subsistence agriculture, though it is impressive as we have little land
It's the same here in Romania. Most people in the countryside do it. Plant vegetables, fatten pigs, make wine, that sort of thing. Brandy as well, the plum variety is very popular. I think things are almost identical in Serbia, Romania and Hungary in terms of subsistence agriculture and countryside living in general.