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needs groceries, she often does her shopping in her own backyard. what do you think you re saving on groceries? every month, probably $400. reporter: and it is like a well-stocked produce section. among what s growing, lettuce, squash, tomatoes, and cantaloupe. the nurse and single mom of two boys says she s trying to save everywhere she can as prices skyrocket. the average u.s. household in june spent $51 more on groceries than a year ago. the prices in food have really gone up just everywhere, and so i have been growing a lot more vegetables to kind of keep up with that. reporter: bartholomew sparrow is a professor at the university of texas. americans used to spend under 10% of their budget on food. this compares to maybe 15% to 20% or more in the rest of the world. now the united states is up to 12%. reporter: brown knows price hikes are sending people to

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