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    2 months ago

    It’s crazy when you think about the whole supply chain: preparing the soil, ploughing, applying fertilisers, applying pesticides, harvesting, processing, transporting

    It’s also crazy how efficient modern agriculture must be to do all these things and get affordable products in the end

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      2 months ago

      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.

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        2 months ago

        Cost of production puts a lower bound on the price. In case of competitive industries, price floats just above that limit