subsistence
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State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond described his childhood subsistence on food stamps, free school lunches and surplus government cheese.
From Los Angeles Times
In any case, he says, “in modern welfare states, the struggle for subsistence has been abolished.”
The plan would entail measures such as moving to subsistence agriculture, using collective dining halls and instituting strict food rationing.
Greenland's 57,000-strong population -- nearly 90 percent indigenous Inuit people -- has long traditions of hunting and fishing as the primary means of subsistence.
From Barron's
In addition, many present-day hunter-gatherer societies still include scavenging as part of their subsistence practices, demonstrating that it remains a practical and effective strategy.
From Science Daily
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