Beans potatos and rice are still cheaper than anything else so i just eat that. vegan cause im poor lol.
Was about to say Whaaat? You want me to not be able to afford McDonalds or regular groceries now? Fruit and vegetables both are expensive as fuck when you have a couple kids.
Bananas are about the only thing that’s still dirt cheap lol. Eggs have finally gone down. How about subsidize the good food too while enacting carbon taxes on meat.
Don’t worry, it’s just to make sure we have enough retirement fund for everyone*
*everyone that survives until
6567/s
How are they measuring the costs here? Even fast-food burgers have significantly shot up in price.
If we go by raw ingredients, then healthy food can be considerably cheaper than pre-made garbage and fast food.
If we add the time cost of traveling to a grocery store, shopping, and then preparing the healthier food, then it could become more expensive.
There’s also the fact that most of the USA has absolute shit public transportation which increases the burden for people who can’t afford cars to get groceries in the first place. That and the time costs can be reduced with grocery deliveries, however. this might not be a viable option in all areas or work schedules; You want to be home when the groceries are delivered.
Then there is the fact that there are a lot of food deserts , especially in low-income areas. This can make it harder, if not impossible for people to even get healthier food.
Not sure where I’m going with my train of thought here…
This guy urban designs!
The big thing of salad mix is always less than $5
Frozen and canned fruits and vegetables are always cheap and plentiful. Fresh is always going to be more expensive because of the way growing seasons work.
In the future we will need more localized greenhouse farming because of water issues in the Southwest where most vegetables are grown (for u.s. consumption)
I mean… how many calories are in that big thing of salad mix? A few hundred probably. Compared to 1500 calories in a pound of ground beef.
Most fruits/veggies are pretty bad at giving calories. Even the mighty potato is only 400ish calories for a pound .
Grain/beans trounce meat in terms of energy per dollar spent, but I think that’s why it’s become so common to do grain/beans + meat. Meat is way more calorie/cost efficient than veggies, so it’s the perfect way to modify your grains/beans to be tastier and more filling.
So yeah, pushing that money to make it so that veggies are cheaper per calorie than meat would be super nice. So super agree on in door farming, I hope we get more of that.
Keep the burgers coming
I hope that the main takeaway from people here is not to cut funding/grants to farms, but rather to revise them as the article states in order to incentivize growing healthier food options.
