Which detail from the excerpt best supports the inference that food was more consistently available in larger towns?

pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter.
such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages.
large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food.
after a poor harvest, prices for all commodities—not just grain—rise dramatically and the poor are unable to make ends meet.

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For the module essay you will write four paragraphs. • in paragraph 1, state one theme a reader can find in twelfth night and explain why it is good advice for the characters in the story • in paragraph 2, describe an event in the play, and explain how one of the characters' actions illustrates the theme • in paragraph 3. describe another event in the play, and explain how one of the characters' actions illustrates the theme • in paragraph 4. restate the theme, and explain why it is good advice for the reader and ons and you may write about either of the following themes (choose only one) • true love with a little from fortune triumphs over man's folly • troubles come and go don't take things too seriously