The issue is that for a lot of poor people, eggs were a great and easy way to get proteins.
Vegan diet is absolutely viable for the vast majority of people. However, the access to quality vegan food to all the population isnāt there yet.
Food desert are real and at least eggs were easier to get there than dried beans and rice. And that options is getting out of reach for a lot of people.
Sorry if Iām misunderstanding the problem, but arenāt foods like beans and rice which can be ordered in bulk online a good solution for people stuck in food deserts? I would think that anything with a long shelf life would be superior to perishables. (American eggs have to be refrigerated, right?)
Itās a multifaceted problem, and you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
Buying in bulk is expensive upfront. If you are squeezing pennies, it is probably not an option for you.
Eggs have different nutrients that beans donāt have. One of them being fat for example. If you canāt get it from eggs anymore, you need to add that cost as well to your expenses.
People that lives day to day with a squeezed budget have to pivot right now, as in today, to different sources of food. I can afford to phase out expensive food from my diet, but for many people itās the difference between starving or not today. If you already donāt have much options, switching on a dime isnāt realistic.
you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
Iām not, actually. When I say āin bulkā I donāt mean a 20kg sack. 500g of rice or dry legumes goes a long way for a low price.
When we were starving we mostly got whatever was on sale or short-dated, so we ate different things all the time out of necessity, but dry goods were always reliable, which is why I asked about them.
Dry goods are still reliable, but the issue at hand is that a dozen eggs are now 8-9 dollars, and that rise was pretty fast.
People relying on eggs for survival and not part as a diversified diet need to switch to other sources right now which they might not have available. You wonāt survive on rice only. Beans should definitely be added to your diet for their health benefits and as a way to be less insecure with food. However, eggs were also playing that part and now itās not reliable anymore.
In a vacuum, it isnāt that big of a deal, but in reality, already strained people are even more strained right now and the egg prices exploding is just another kick in the guts.
Youāre gonna find beans, soy and rice in a food desert a lot easier than eggs. The food desert Iāve lived in had at least two of the three in almost every bodega.
No Iāve literally been poor and living in a food desert and was pointing out that rice and beans are in fact usually more accessible than eggs in such a place, as the other user rested much of their argument on a belief to the contrary. Please donāt put words in my mouth, TY.
The issue is that for a lot of poor people, eggs were a great and easy way to get proteins.
Vegan diet is absolutely viable for the vast majority of people. However, the access to quality vegan food to all the population isnāt there yet.
Food desert are real and at least eggs were easier to get there than dried beans and rice. And that options is getting out of reach for a lot of people.
Sorry if Iām misunderstanding the problem, but arenāt foods like beans and rice which can be ordered in bulk online a good solution for people stuck in food deserts? I would think that anything with a long shelf life would be superior to perishables. (American eggs have to be refrigerated, right?)
Itās a multifaceted problem, and you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
Buying in bulk is expensive upfront. If you are squeezing pennies, it is probably not an option for you.
Eggs have different nutrients that beans donāt have. One of them being fat for example. If you canāt get it from eggs anymore, you need to add that cost as well to your expenses.
People that lives day to day with a squeezed budget have to pivot right now, as in today, to different sources of food. I can afford to phase out expensive food from my diet, but for many people itās the difference between starving or not today. If you already donāt have much options, switching on a dime isnāt realistic.
Iām not, actually. When I say āin bulkā I donāt mean a 20kg sack. 500g of rice or dry legumes goes a long way for a low price.
When we were starving we mostly got whatever was on sale or short-dated, so we ate different things all the time out of necessity, but dry goods were always reliable, which is why I asked about them.
Dry goods are still reliable, but the issue at hand is that a dozen eggs are now 8-9 dollars, and that rise was pretty fast.
People relying on eggs for survival and not part as a diversified diet need to switch to other sources right now which they might not have available. You wonāt survive on rice only. Beans should definitely be added to your diet for their health benefits and as a way to be less insecure with food. However, eggs were also playing that part and now itās not reliable anymore.
In a vacuum, it isnāt that big of a deal, but in reality, already strained people are even more strained right now and the egg prices exploding is just another kick in the guts.
You are correct this person, is just a meme in vegan circles
Youāre gonna find beans, soy and rice in a food desert a lot easier than eggs. The food desert Iāve lived in had at least two of the three in almost every bodega.
āWhy donāt poor people just buy healthy food at their local bodegas?ā - A statement made with incredible privilege and zero self awareness
No Iāve literally been poor and living in a food desert and was pointing out that rice and beans are in fact usually more accessible than eggs in such a place, as the other user rested much of their argument on a belief to the contrary. Please donāt put words in my mouth, TY.
Then go tell all these people that are hurt by the egg prices going up they are wrong.
Iām just responding specifically to your argument that eggs are easier to find than beans and rice in food deserts.
Youāre a meme
Look the jester coming out of the wood work with a āno uā quality level of discussion. Get bent
Thatās a great painting haha
It is isnāt it! Too bad you have no understanding of why I posted it š
Ah a cool intellectual I see. I canāt possibly know what that painting is because I am a dumb man.
I guess Iāll go be dumb elsewhere.