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Post by declan_roberts »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #161
idlewords wrote: post #146

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I've noticed a fun split among people I know—those who grew up on a farm will move heaven and earth never to deal with chickens again, while people who grew up in cities or suburbs are really into the idea.

Having dealt with my share of pig shit, chicken sheet and cow shit, I can assure you that chicken shit is the worst.

Our coop is off the ground. All I do is bring my wheelbarrow up to the door, open it up, rake it in, and then go dump. From my POV it's one of the easier chores.

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Post by bombcar »

RyanOD wrote: post #103
garyfirestorm wrote: post #43

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its 3-4$ at trader joes - still 8ish in WholeFoods in Michigan

I've definitely noticed the pricing for eggs at our neighborhood Trader Joes staying constant while the pricing at our neighborhood Safeway has doubled.

Trader Joes is like Costco and is known for driving hard bargains; they likely have a long-term contract. You overpay a bit but guarantee stability.

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Post by mplanchard »

hwillis wrote: post #398
mplanchard wrote: post #350

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I was wondering how I could provide evidence for you other than walking to the grocery and taking a picture, but I found at least one of our local farms that has their prices online: https://www.maplewindfarm.com/collections/retail-store -- I'd expect it would be quite easy for them to change their prices on their own storefront and in their farmstand, where I often buy their eggs. A dozen large eggs there right now…

Biosafety prevents or delays the farm from being infected. It doesn't lessen the impact once it happens. One bird can infect all the others in hours even when they are in separate buildings just from spreading on clothing. If they are infected they will die. If a small farm gets an infected bird, they can't just raise the prices of their eggs. Those eggs will just disappear from the stores because all the birds are d…

Well I certainly don't know enough about chicken farming to argue with you about it from any position of authority, and I haven't talked personally to any farmers about it yet.

Regardless, we have continued to see the availability of all the usual local eggs with very little fluctuation in price. Perhaps they have all been lucky.

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

tshaddox wrote: post #415
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #110

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Really raises the question - should vital infrastructure, like food production, be built in an attempt to maximize profit or resiliency? Have things swung too far in one direction?

Surely “profit versus resiliency” is solely a matter of time preference.

True. It's really a matter of maximizing profit when measured between quarter. Resiliency isn't a factor in that equation.

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Post by miltonlost »

WillPostForFood wrote: post #389
Spivak wrote: post #14

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I did think it was funny that they included 'women' and 'female' in that list. Medicine is gonna have a hard time with that one, "this drug has some adverse effects with uhh… ovulating persons?"

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Trans women are real women.

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Post by ThinkingGuy »

bell-cot wrote: post #44

Yes, bird flu is bad. OTOH, the US egg industry has a history of price-fixing, and other dirty tricks. For instance: https://apnews.com/article/egg-producers-price-gouging-lawsu...

Cory Doctorow's commentary from 2 years ago:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/23/cant-make-an-omelet/#keep...

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Post by pton_xd »

davidw wrote: post #171

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…

> 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 actually happening any more and that therefore we must cut interest rates, or some such.

Like when the BLS overstated payrolls by 818k!! in March of last year, the largest negative revision in 15 years? And then the Fed did an emergency 50bps rate cut in September just as payrolls unexpectedly went up 250k and inflation seems to be coming back.

The unemployment and inflation data has been inconsistent for a while now.

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Post by bombcar »

silisili wrote: post #275
tsimionescu wrote: post #261

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Generally, mixing livestock and people in the confined conditions of a city is a very bad idea (if you're talking about suburbs, then that's a completely different thing, and I would agree with you about supporting it).

Ah yes, typically suburbs. Cities that adopt it generally have regulations around it, such as needing an inspection and nominally priced permit. The inspection just makes sure it's sanitary and follows certain rules about distance from house and whatnot. I definitely don't advise raising chickens in an apartment or some such.

Most places that allow them don't have much in the way of inspection, etc, until you start selling the eggs.

Amusingly enough, rural towns are more likely to prohibit backyard chickens than suburbs of major cities these days. This is because if you want chickens in a rural area, the assumption is you'll buy just outside town; the people who moved into town don't want to hear roosters (which are often banned or severely limited even where chickens are allowed).

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Post by pests »

simple10 wrote: post #206
themaninthedark wrote: post #37

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My understanding is that free range law have recently gone into effect in CA. Were the organic eggs already free range? That would explain the price stability there and variation of the non organic.

AFAIK, free-range and cage free are not heavily regulated terms like organic, which is a registered and trademark enforced term. At best they just mean the hens have a bit more room to move around. Neither of them actually mean there is no cage. It's why we see "pasture raised" as the more premium marketing term. It still doesn't mean much without looking into the specific farm.

Michigan just switched to cafe-free only at the start of a year due to a new law going into effect. Prices were increased around the holidays as retailers preemptively switched their stock.

Might not be well defined but I’m sure it’s defined enough to be law.

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