Does anyone have a favorite cultivar of sunflower for eating the seeds? Racoons demolished our two giant sunflowers before the birds even had a chance at them this year, so I’m thinking I’ll do a few full rows next year and hope we can get a few seeds for ourselves.
Burpees sells one called Supersnack that is decent for eating.
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Striped Sunflower Seed for birds is $2-3/lb
Local feed store by the lb. Or box store sold in bags.
Or you can find it at dollar store or seed racks called ‘Mammoth’.
Humans get the best quality from the fields and are roasted …the lower quality ones go towards bird seed.
The seeds are screened and the small seeds go to the birds… the large to humans.
I think most of the worlds supply is grown in Ukraine and Russia…so supply will probably be lower next year. Likely more expensive.
What food won’t be more expensive next year? 
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yeah, but only 3.2% more. refer to the charts and tables 
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3.2% more money, but 10% less contents in the package.
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Dont do a search on the future of Rice prices and stock… it doesnt look good at all. China etc will likely buy up most of the reserves and crops.
If u are in the US you should probably buy up now and store it if thats your thing.
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I’ve been doing that since covid hit. I wouldn’t consider myself a prepper exactly, but it sure saves a good chunk of cash buying in quantity.