How many would know how to survive

RE: “Simple country-folk economics prevail every time.”

I was talking to an older lady a few weeks back about her growing up on a farm during the Great Depression. She said their family produced everything. They raised cows, goats, chickens, various crops all themselves. They de-seeded some of their produce for planting the fields next growing season. About the great depression, she said, “We didn’t even know we were in a depression. We rarely saw money. When we needed something, we traded butter, and eggs with other people."

How many would know how to survive and live off the land? Most younger folks believe vegetables grow on the grocery store shelves! One is left to wonder what they know about how butter and eggs get to the dairy case.