I would love to buy all of my groceries at the local market, Eastern Market, and make sure all of my meat and produce are local, seasonal, and fresh. I can’t afford it. Meg Hourihan asks the same question…
“I really want to support local foods and farmers, but I don’t understand greenmarket pricing. Does it really cost the individual farmer that much more to grow raspberries and deliver them a few hours away? Shipping raspberries 3,000 miles from California can’t be cheap. Sure Whole Foods has some economies of scale, but I didn’t realize they reduced costs by more than 50%. Or maybe I’m disconnected from the true cost of food. Do the prices at the greenmarket actually reflect the costs of producing such food in our area? Or are items at the greenmarket overpriced because it’s hip and trendy to buy local food?”
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They don’t spend all their money on soap.
Dude:
Patchouli Essential Oil 1oz: $20
Patchouli Essential Oil 16oz: $135
(Dude, hippies bathe in fricking patchouli, dude, and buy loads and loads of weed, too!)
Oh, and they all belong to community farms and also know the farmers well enough that they get the leftovers!