The state's $275 weekly maximum benefit hasn't changed in 10 years and is making the economic downturn more painful for Florida residents as more join the unemployment rolls each month. In Massachusetts, unemployed workers collect up to $600 a week.
2. Food Cooked from Scratch: Since supermarkets didnât exist, neither did boxed meals. Unprocessed, from scratch meals meant our grandparents ate healthy homemade foods every day. Restaurants were a rare treat, not a quick, unhealthy convenience.3. Pure, Unadulterated Foods: Our grandparents didnât have to read labels or search for non-GMO certification.. Food Cooked from Scratch: Since supermarkets didnât exist, neither did boxed meals. Unprocessed, from scratch meals meant our grandparents ate healthy homemade foods every day. Restaurants were a rare treat, not a quick, unhealthy convenience.
Plantation owners did not bestow slaves with choice cuts of meats, (or any other products), learning to make do was a necessity. Black America in our stride to a taste of freedom, overlooked the greatest asset we had â Grandparents.