☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news • 6 months ago54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financesexternal-linkmessage-square140 fedilinkarrow-up1192cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear6·6 months ago I mean it's a global system of trade the US is extremely manipulative in the food markets, so i'd hesitate to use such a simple arithmetic. link
minus-squareDyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]hexbear4·6 months agoyeah but manipulating the market so that food is cheap for the average person? that would require foresight and self preservation link
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear5·6 months agonothing so naive---but US firms rely on US produce for their profits, so the gouging could be happening further up the chain where absence/presence of Ukrainian grain is less of a factor is all i'm speculating. link
the US is extremely manipulative in the food markets, so i'd hesitate to use such a simple arithmetic.
yeah but manipulating the market so that food is cheap for the average person? that would require foresight and self preservation
nothing so naive---but US firms rely on US produce for their profits, so the gouging could be happening further up the chain where absence/presence of Ukrainian grain is less of a factor is all i'm speculating.