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> luxury foods like almonds and pistachios "Luxury foods" oversells them a bit. The retail price per pound is close to ground beef.
by dehrmann 4y ago
> luxury foods like almonds and pistachios
"Luxury foods" oversells them a bit. The retail price per pound is close to ground beef.
- greedo 4y agoThat's because their retail price doesn't reflect the externalities. Cheap subsidized water makes them much cheaper than if the farmers had to pay a fair price.
- zeraynor 4y agoSound like they would be more expensive if the farmers didn't have such advantageous water rights.
- adw 4y agoGround beef - all meat, really - is a luxury food.
- s0rce 4y agoBeef also uses a ton of water, probably more than almonds.
- gweinberg 4y agoMore like 3-4 x as much.
- colinmhayes 4y agoBecause the farmers don't have to pay for the water they use...