I believe they received food from soup kitchens and bread lines, they offered free or low-cost food for people.
Answer: Homespun was very subversive. The subversive part about homespun is that it was "home-made cloth that took on revolutionary symbolism after the colonies imposed boycotts on British goods, including textiles." They did this after the colonies imposed boycotts on British goods, including textiles!
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