Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25799916-20150521182712/@comment-27723099-20150526230846

AlatarOfGram wrote: it said in the Hobbit that the dwarves of erebor never bothered with collecting food, because they could buy or demand it from neighboring lands. Erebor had Dale, and Moria was close to Rivendell and Lothlórien, but not every dwarven city had trading opportunities nearby. Especially in the first age where the dwarves where enemies of the elves and probably mostly unknown to the men.