Editing Questions/Question 101

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|QuestionFaqPage=Test Drive Meme - May 2025/Event FAQ
|Link=https://kelesis.dreamwidth.org/2600.html?thread=3849000#cmt3849000
|AskedBy=stoplickingthedamnthing
|DateAsked=2025-05-06
|QuestionText=re: food philanthropy, what kind of food IS available? Is meat scarce, particularly stuff that takes lots of land (cows etc)? Is there much in the way of farmed produce? Is there canned stuff?
|DateAnswered=2025-05-07
|AnswerText=Ah, this would be a good thing to mention somewhere on the info pages, huh? Maybe some more extrapolation under Food on the Culture page... Thank you for asking!<br><br>Most plentiful are canned goods and synthetic products. Somehow, Karterians are receiving farmed goods: they do have some farms that are shielded by brittle, small-scale "generator"-style barriers: they prepared for this increasing tragedy as much as they could. They resemble [https://alogos.dreamwidth.org/file/86524.png this], pockets of farmland protected from the effects of arcane radiation in a sort of circular pattern, the protection originating from a central generator. Farm workers are... very at-risk of arcane radiation poisoning, but at least there are pockets of safety when working out there, and they have the ability to create greater "pockets" to help farm livestock.<br><br>Livestock is understandably more scarce, and beef is especially hard to come by (chicken is far more likely a protein choice). Meat is an expensive thing, and so too is seafood, given how little of it is accessible to Karterians anymore. (If they find anything, it's some white fish and some shellfish). This is why synthetic meats are more commonplace, and these synthetic meats resemble ones we might find today. Lots of meat is canned, too.<br><br>The most commonly available foods are easy, hardy, year-round crops. There are factories as well that can process foodstuffs and make them more shelf-stable, to a degree. But as the population continues to grow, <i>man</i> do they need some other source of food. There are plenty of things we might expect to line our pantries available, like sugar, flour, salt, canned/pickled/frozen veggies/meats, grains...
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