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I'd much rather have a range of foods delivered to me a couple of times a week - fruit, veg, salads, vegetables, eggs, and so on, rather than just dairy.
Milkmen used to deliver milk daily because people didn't have refrigerators. Now we do, delivery just for dairy seems redundant. I'd much rather have a range of foods delivered to me a couple of times a week - fruit, veg, salads, vegetables, eggs, and so on, rather than just dairy.
Probably cant get it delivered but there may be a CSA around where you live for vegetables, etc.
Milkmen used to deliver milk daily because people didn't have refrigerators. Now we do, delivery just for dairy seems redundant. I'd much rather have a range of foods delivered to me a couple of times a week - fruit, veg, salads, vegetables, eggs, and so on, rather than just dairy.
We actually had milk delivery for a time when I was growing up. But, yeah, we pretty much just got milk delivered and I assume it cost more than the grocery store. My parents still got it for a time because my brother and I did drink a lot of milk so it maybe saved a trip to the store. Probably cant get it delivered but there may be a CSA around where you live for vegetables, etc.
CSA's are a good option, but in addition to them in Colorado we've had Milk Delivery going strong for a while via Royal Crest Dairy, who also will deliver other things like bread, eggs, bacon, pizza kits:
https://www.royalcrestdairy.com/
It was so successful it got more players into the space outside of Denver and there are a handful of them still delivering during pandemic.
I don't drink animal based milk anymore as its pretty harsh on my immune system and allergies, I was quite find of raw milk when I was farming, so I have no use for these services; but it is a cool story in how localized food supply chains can prove to be resilient despite pandemics.
But also a reminder how everything old will eventually become 'new' again given enough time out of the limelight.
Milkmen used to deliver milk daily because people didn't have refrigerators. Now we do, delivery just for dairy seems redundant. I'd much rather have a range of foods delivered to me a couple of times a week - fruit, veg, salads, vegetables, eggs, and so on, rather than just dairy.
This is wonderful, and with the advent of the internet/easy telecommunication, it would be great to be able to order additional things as part of the delivery. I'm particularly interested in the reduction of packaging waste that this would enable. I've got a local jam maker who creates truly wonderful products. She delivers and also can re-use jars; its one or two steps away from being a milkman type deal. Farmers ma…
I agree that our current situation might mean the milkman model is relevant again, and it would be interesting to see how tech could assist! But if I see some VC-backed startup try to do “gig economy for milk” I swear to god...
I was thinking more along the lines of a google sheet where you can check off what you want delivered. No need to complicate things.
Have people also started growing vegetables and herbs at home as their creative projects? Unfortunately basics of agricultural farming are not part of school curriculum. I wonder if that was so at some point in the past. Wouldn't it be so great if everyone of us knew the basics of farming like we know basic maths? It could in theory result in growing more plants (good for environment), getting some fresh vegetables o…
I've been growing herbs, and flowers, on my balcony for years, but this year we managed to get an allotment - 10mx10m for €50/year, and only a few minutes walk from our house.
We spent a lot of time cutting down grass, weeding and similar, but we got very lucky with the timing. We gained access in mid-May before all the places were claimed, and we've managed to plant Onions, Garlic, Potatoes, and a bunch of pretty plants. Radish/Turnips/Carrots aren't doing so well, but everything else is thriving.
Things are growing well and every couple of days I head over to water, weed, and take care of the plot. I'm actually surprised by how much I've been enjoying the process.
The milk floats were definitely ahead of their time:
"In August 1967, the UK Electric Vehicle Association put out a press release stating that Britain had more battery-electric vehicles on its roads than the rest of the world put together."
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I wonder what kind of economies of scale there are. A lower price can surely be charged if everyone in several nearby streets is getting their milk delivered by the same company. There do still exist places in the U.K. with milk deliveries and it seems to work pretty well. People generally leave out empty bottles in a basket with some dial set to request how much they want. The idea appeals to me. It intuitively feel…
> A lower price can surely be charged if everyone in several nearby streets is getting their milk delivered by the same company. And we can optimize it even more if the bottles can be delivered to a storage location that will store the milk for the people in the nearby streets. Also, to make it easier for the milk producers, maybe someone can be at the location and pay the delivery person once for everyone. Then when…
Which already exist in most places that have more than a few thousand people in the UK.
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I finally figured out how to keep a supermarket basil plant alive, how to promote new growth and slow down flowering. And I've also succeeded at rooting and planting it - so now I have 5 supermarket basil plants! It's really gratifying - but my windowsill definitely won't be enough to grow the amount of herbs I'd like to consume. Perhaps I'll have to take my new knowledge to the back yard.
Are you doing something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9CIQ7ynOc I heard about it recently and want to try it out next time I get a basil plant.
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How much is it? I know milk sales are way down in general but maybe on the high end there's some growth. I assume that in the days of the milkman, it was working class prices, but I wasn't around back then so I don't know.
I wonder what kind of economies of scale there are. A lower price can surely be charged if everyone in several nearby streets is getting their milk delivered by the same company. There do still exist places in the U.K. with milk deliveries and it seems to work pretty well. People generally leave out empty bottles in a basket with some dial set to request how much they want. The idea appeals to me. It intuitively feel…