With the arrival of polar day, the agricultural institute had begun distributing vegetable seeds and had also developed improved varieties of sweet potatoes and potatoes that could withstand a full year's worth of temperature changes in a single day. Their growing cycles had been shortened considerably as well.Potatoes, for example, could now be harvested in just 70 days.After the earthquake, every kind of supply had become scarce, including furniture, clothing, and tools. Even items recovered from the rubble were usually old and badly damaged.Anything in decent condition sold for a high price.Basic food supplies, on the other hand, had become relatively easier to find. The market carried dried wild greens, dried sweet potato leaves, dried vegetables, fresh produce, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.The quantities were still limited, though, so none of it was cheap.They finished looking around fairly quickly, then headed to the government-run store.It wasn't very large and loo
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