We buy free range and organic and that has always been at a premium. However this article comes dangerously close to MAGA apologist rhetoric, ie. “The price of eggs will remain high because that the true cost and we all know it.“ While the article does not specifically assume this posture, I fully expect to see this sentiment presented on Sunday morning “news” shows by well-dressed mouthpieces. There will be no mention that Biden (or any President) can really get the blame (or credit) for the price of eggs. The argument will shift to consumers being the problem for expecting that to which we’ve become accustomed to continue.
lol I don't "specifically assume this posture" because I am the furthest thing from a maga apologist. I, unlike this current administration, believe that everyone should have access to high quality, nutritious food at an affordable price. The way to do that is to raise food in sustainable environments and to understand that certain foods that have long been "cheap" here are not actually cheap. I do think that fundamentally our food systems in this country are broken due to commodity farming and a priority of capitalism over people — some administrations are guiltier than others when it comes to this, but they all have played a hand.
I misspoke. I didn’t mean to imply that you deliberately didn’t assume that posture. I meant that while you don’t assume that posture, the point that you are making will (almost certainly) be warped to make that point. I meant no disrespect, I found your point to be well-made.
Admittedly have been shielded from the rising cost of eggs because I’ve been paying $6-$7 a dozen by primarily buying from local, regenerative farms that distribute to my local grocery store and/or through a CSA. I’m in Ohio, for reference.
Happy to do this because I can afford it! It’s hard to think of everyone having to pay this much for eggs regularly from an affordability perspective but I’m 100% with you on the need for us to start seeing meat as more of a luxury.
Not sure what the large-scale solutions are here but thanks for raising the topic here!
I live in New Zealand, where the price of eggs has rocketed in recent years, due in part to a ban on battery cages in mid-2023 (though colony cages are still legal). Even on quite a good special, a dozen eggs is the equivalent of just over $5US.
For me, these increases have made me much more mindful of simply cracking an egg to use as a glaze for pastry and tossing the rest away, even though I'm in a very privileged position to be able to afford the free-range variety. I agree that maybe we need to start valuing eggs more than we currently do, even if they don't reach oyster prices!
We buy free range and organic and that has always been at a premium. However this article comes dangerously close to MAGA apologist rhetoric, ie. “The price of eggs will remain high because that the true cost and we all know it.“ While the article does not specifically assume this posture, I fully expect to see this sentiment presented on Sunday morning “news” shows by well-dressed mouthpieces. There will be no mention that Biden (or any President) can really get the blame (or credit) for the price of eggs. The argument will shift to consumers being the problem for expecting that to which we’ve become accustomed to continue.
lol I don't "specifically assume this posture" because I am the furthest thing from a maga apologist. I, unlike this current administration, believe that everyone should have access to high quality, nutritious food at an affordable price. The way to do that is to raise food in sustainable environments and to understand that certain foods that have long been "cheap" here are not actually cheap. I do think that fundamentally our food systems in this country are broken due to commodity farming and a priority of capitalism over people — some administrations are guiltier than others when it comes to this, but they all have played a hand.
I misspoke. I didn’t mean to imply that you deliberately didn’t assume that posture. I meant that while you don’t assume that posture, the point that you are making will (almost certainly) be warped to make that point. I meant no disrespect, I found your point to be well-made.
Admittedly have been shielded from the rising cost of eggs because I’ve been paying $6-$7 a dozen by primarily buying from local, regenerative farms that distribute to my local grocery store and/or through a CSA. I’m in Ohio, for reference.
Happy to do this because I can afford it! It’s hard to think of everyone having to pay this much for eggs regularly from an affordability perspective but I’m 100% with you on the need for us to start seeing meat as more of a luxury.
Not sure what the large-scale solutions are here but thanks for raising the topic here!
12-$14 per dozen. Newport Beach farmers market (brown n blue )
I get the small farm notion yet this is opportunistic pricing no doubt Many of the locals belly up to paying because they can ..
Yet fundamentally our economic system is not generating income for the lower K of the economy to pay for these privileges
The middle is gone There are those that can and every one else
I live in New Zealand, where the price of eggs has rocketed in recent years, due in part to a ban on battery cages in mid-2023 (though colony cages are still legal). Even on quite a good special, a dozen eggs is the equivalent of just over $5US.
For me, these increases have made me much more mindful of simply cracking an egg to use as a glaze for pastry and tossing the rest away, even though I'm in a very privileged position to be able to afford the free-range variety. I agree that maybe we need to start valuing eggs more than we currently do, even if they don't reach oyster prices!