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Can't believe it. Two days ago I bought a dozen run-of-the-mill organic eggs for $4.07. Tonight they're $4.67. I could make a laundry list of food products I buy regularly that have taken similar price increases over the last six months. Where does it end--when we're all eating oatmeal and popcorn for dinner?
Can't believe it. Two days ago I bought a dozen run-of-the-mill organic eggs for $4.07. Tonight they're $4.67. I could make a laundry list of food products I buy regularly that have taken similar price increases over the last six months. Where does it end--when we're all eating oatmeal and popcorn for dinner?
Well, I've eaten both for dinner at one time or anther. Actually, they're not so bad.
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Well, I've eaten both for dinner at one time or anther. Actually, they're not so bad.
Oatmeal has been a staple for me for many yrs, and we stil eat very well and healthy on $100/ month as we have for 40 yrs (and fed family on that too. ). I Don't do Popcorn, but might give it a try, seems to be getting lots of perks for health. (BUT anything CORN is not affordable).
The Costs of Feeding any livestock has skyrocketed and will certainly continue for many reasons.. Fuel, drought, more global eaters, rising wealth(?) in developed countries, more farmers going broke...
I sure am glad I'm no longer feeding chickens. BUT way cheaper to buy eggs the grow them. (altho I only got $2 /doz for free range eggs.
We (USE) could stand to change our diets to more like Africa / Asia anyway.
Can't believe it. Two days ago I bought a dozen run-of-the-mill organic eggs for $4.07. Tonight they're $4.67. I could make a laundry list of food products I buy regularly that have taken similar price increases over the last six months. Where does it end--when we're all eating oatmeal and popcorn for dinner?
As a general statement, food prices are volatile (subject to fairly larges ups and downs) because of factors like weather, droughts and floods, and pest infestations. Some foods seem to be more volatile than others, however. Fresh fruit has its seasons, and the height of a season for a given fruit (when the supply is greatest) will see very low prices for that fruit. But bananas are remarkably stable in price, so I have concluded that they must do fine year-round in Central America.
I do not claim to be any food economist, but it would be interesting to see whether your organic eggs go back down in price. Please post back here in another week or two and let us know.
Another reason: Food prices are up because gasoline is up. It costs more to bring food to the stores. The war on coal will also make "electricity costs necessarily skyrocket." (Not my words, candidate Obama back in January 2008) That will also make food and other items more expensive as merchants pass those additional costs down to the consumer.
Oatmeal has been a staple for me for many yrs, and we stil eat very well and healthy on $100/ month as we have for 40 yrs (and fed family on that too. ). I Don't do Popcorn, but might give it a try, seems to be getting lots of perks for health. (BUT anything CORN is not affordable).
The Costs of Feeding any livestock has skyrocketed and will certainly continue for many reasons.. Fuel, drought, more global eaters, rising wealth(?) in developed countries, more farmers going broke...
I sure am glad I'm no longer feeding chickens. BUT way cheaper to buy eggs the grow them. (altho I only got $2 /doz for free range eggs.
We (USE) could stand to change our diets to more like Africa / Asia anyway.
I can't speak for all of Africa, but in Uganda there is NO variety in their diet. They eat the same things day after day year after year. Cases of diabetes is skyrocketing. They are all on a high carb diet and drink tea with tons of sugar in it..
Over $4 for a doz. organic eggs seems excessive. I've been paying $3 at the farmer's mkt. Of course these are local and don't require expensive shipping. Even at a local farmer's mkt prices for the same items vary greatly. I usually take a walk to all the vendors before I decide who to buy from. This past Sunday I got some lovely looking and crisp lettuce for $1.50 at FM, when at the local grocery it starts at $1.99 on sale and is usually $2.50. Grocery store produce will never last as long in my fridge as the stuff I get at FM. Example: A green pepper may only be good for about 3 days after purchase from the grocery, where as it will still be usable after a week when bought at the FM. I miss the number of Farmer's Markets that will be open after the end of October but there is still one that they hold in a nearby town in a parking lot all year round - weather permitting. And about a mile from me there is a European Mkt. style place that is in a greenhouse every Saturday from 8:30 to noon. You can't beat the fresh organic meats and homebaked goods etc. I try to get there about every week.
As a general statement, food prices are volatile (subject to fairly larges ups and downs) because of factors like weather, droughts and floods, and pest infestations. Some foods seem to be more volatile than others, however. Fresh fruit has its seasons, and the height of a season for a given fruit (when the supply is greatest) will see very low prices for that fruit. But bananas are remarkably stable in price, so I have concluded that they must do fine year-round in Central America.
I do not claim to be any food economist, but it would be interesting to see whether your organic eggs go back down in price. Please post back here in another week or two and let us know.
Absolutely nothing here has gone down in price, neither an apple nor rice nor oatmeal nor meat, outside of a sale." Bread, even the commercial stuff, only goes up. It is not the simple rise in price so much as the rate over increments of time. It's all affected by cost of growing of course but no less by transportation. In New England some folks keep chickens in the back yard and grow significant gardens. But for the most part that is just a small portion of needs.
Absolutely nothing here has gone down in price, neither an apple nor rice nor oatmeal nor meat, outside of a sale." Bread, even the commercial stuff, only goes up. It is not the simple rise in price so much as the rate over increments of time. It's all affected by cost of growing of course but no less by transportation. In New England some folks keep chickens in the back yard and grow significant gardens. But for the most part that is just a small portion of needs.
Start supporting the use of the base money supply (MB) instead of the consumer price index to determine the proper COLA for SS; if it happens (and it can) a big chunk of your worries will disappear.
It doesn't matter whether you're left wing or right wing; the government is stealing your money. There are millions of SS recipients; we can vote; we can make a difference.
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