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Your accusatory comment assumes that the reader: * Lives in an area with a farmer's market in accessible range (i.e. they don't live in a food desert[1] like ~
by Karunamon 9y ago
Your accusatory comment assumes that the reader:
* Lives in an area with a farmer's market in accessible range (i.e. they don't live in a food desert[1] like ~24 million Americans - and that's just any kinda real market)
* Spends as much or less at the market as on a service like this, factoring in all externalities such as food waste, travel time and expense, and so on
* Has the time to spend getting to the market and shopping
* Has the cash on hand (many farmers markets are cash only - anyone on SNAP, ~43M people[2], is now excluded since those benefits are usually on cards)
* Has a situation that allows "planning out their week"
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert
[2]: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/trump-43-million-americans-food-stamps/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/...
- artursapek 9y agoSomehow those people in "food deserts" managed to get by for hundreds of years before this era of wasteful ultra-convenience startups.
- ceejayoz 9y agoThey're a fairly recent development. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2516593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2516593/ > In 1961, more than 75% of London’s inner-city population lived within 1 kilometer of a supermarket, giving them easy access to a variety of foods, says principal investigator Jason Gilliland, who directs the university’s Urban Development Program. In 2005, he says, that number was less than 20%.