Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 23 days agoThe enormous scale of global food waste.cdn.statcdn.comimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down130file-textcross-posted to: zerowaste@slrpnk.net
arrow-up157arrow-down1imageThe enormous scale of global food waste.cdn.statcdn.comBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: zerowaste@slrpnk.net
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoefficiency ≠ price you’ve glossed over a lot of economics. Like, for one thing, the EU gives about €55 billion in agricultural subsidies a year.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·23 days agoCost of production puts a lower bound on the price. In case of competitive industries, price floats just above that limit
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoRight. And food is sold at below that lower bound, which is one reason it is affordable.
efficiency ≠ price
you’ve glossed over a lot of economics. Like, for one thing, the EU gives about €55 billion in agricultural subsidies a year.
Cost of production puts a lower bound on the price. In case of competitive industries, price floats just above that limit
Right. And food is sold at below that lower bound, which is one reason it is affordable.