Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with...
by WalterBright on Sunday January 01, 2017 @06:01PM
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The USDA recommendation for a healthy amount of beef per day is 5-6 ounces. That's about $2.25 per day. Heck, a pound of apples cost more than that. A loaf of bread costs more than that. $6.99 is the regular price, too - it's often on sale as it nears its expiration date.
How cheap does it have to be before it is successful?
Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with...
by hackuser on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:05PM
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> How cheap does it have to be before it is successful?
A good question, but the fact is that many cannot afford sufficient food. A quick search turned up this article from 2014 at the top (and many others too):
Hunger in America: 1 in 7 rely on food banks
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/hunger-...
1 in 7 Americans is around 45 million people (I know that's taking the headline at face value, but clearly there are many people who need it).
Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with...
by WalterBright on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:53PM
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If they're getting fed by a food bank, then they are getting fed.
Making steak cheaper than it already is isn't going to make any difference.
Cheap for most people reading HN, but unaffordable for many.
> It's doing very well indeed if you compare it to any other system tried for producing food
Yes for producing (AFAIK) but not for distributing. I believe, but have no research to back it up, that countries with better social safety nets have less malnourishment than the U.S.