an economic maelstrom is brewing a few months ago it cost rachel lee about 150 to buy two weeks of groceries for her family of four lately she says it takes almost 100 more to buy the same food the 29yearold mom in defuniak springs fla is cutting back on fresh produce and meat in exchange for lessnutritious but cheaper items while often unable to find inexpensive staples like pasta she has started growing and canning some of her own food as it becomes harder to stretch her household’s income and ensure that her family has enough to eat