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Are there any particular brands that you like?
I've only ever tried one brand. It's the only brand my local grocery store carries. It's a yellow carton with black writing, if that helps. I'm too lazy to go walk into the kitchen at the moment though.
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I’ve always bought the most expensive pasture raised free range cage free eggs at Whole Foods. If I recall they used to be around $10 per dozen. Been a while. Anyone know Is this still the case?
Meanwhile in Ireland, I can get a tray of 30 free range for 8 eur at a vending machine on the dog walk. Or 15 for 4.50. Lidl is maybe marginally cheaper, prices there have gone up maybe 20% in a year.
I've been fiddling around with the Albertsons API for fun. It's kind of neat to see a whole year's worth of purchases in nicely formatted JSON. I have half an idea to create something like a personal inflation tracker, but I'm still thinking about it. It's entirely possible that these goons will start fiddling with official statistics around things like unemployment and inflation to tell us that inflation is not actu…
Is it an official API? I’m not able to find any links about it, if you could provide some I’d love to look into my own purchases.
https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/amc/
The email request is at the bottom. mediacollective at albertsons
Fake/Vegetarian eggs are priced the same here, so I made the switch and am only using fake eggs now for most of my cooking.
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That's actually not true. Bird flu comes from wild birds, not factory farming. Chickens get it when wild birds land near them due to free range laws. The solution (possibly temporary) is to confine the chickens in sealed buildings so they can't contact the wild birds.
And the reason why it spreads so well is still concentrated industrial farming.
I know people love to blame "big anything", but it's just not true here.
Here's a source:
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/virus-transmission/avian-in-bir...
"Domesticated birds (chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc.) may become infected with avian influenza A viruses through direct contact with infected waterfowl or other infected poultry, or through contact with surfaces that have been contaminated with the viruses."
Fake/Vegetarian eggs are priced the same here, so I made the switch and am only using fake eggs now for most of my cooking.
Did you find some that aren't filled with terrible oils and other bad-for-you ingredients? I haven't in my area yet.
The one I love is the "there will be mass famine" if everyone goes vegan narrative that meat-heavy eaters like to talk about.
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I think both causes can be true, and both are relevant to modern food production.
> both causes can be true They can be but they’re not. Canadian and Mexican factory farms are not being affected sufficiently to raise prices. The cause of the price rise is not factory farming. It’s vaccination practice and trade policy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/supply-management-eggs-1.67...
https://globalnews.ca/news/10981016/egg-prices-us-bird-flu-c...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/egg-prices-avian-flu-canada-u...
Can you point me to some sources on your claim? The post you linked originally doesn't mention Canada.
I’ve got a flock, not counting infrastructure my costs are tied directly to feed. I source local non-gmo and herbicide free grains. My cost is about $3/doz. It’s unusual to be so close to a farm that produces the variety of grain at that level of quality. A local farm that produces on a large scale and sources grain from the same farm charges $8/doz. Seems totally fair, if not a little too cheap.
Fresh, local eggs have remained around the same price here. While more expensive than eggs from large producers in normal times, they are now often cheaper. This is a great reminder of how important it is to support local farmers and small operations, which increase the resilience of the system as a whole.
Locally sourced chicken also is reasonably priced and often on sale. There was BOGO (mix and match) last week so I got a whole chicken and a 2lb pack of breasts for $12 total. Both beautiful quality. With a bunch of minor cheap produce, herbs, and pasta..that's chicken soup + a chicken one pot meal that'll last us all week. Sometimes those whole chickens are on sale for 99c/lb!