I bring up this example because if you try hard enough, $5 will buy you an entire (unhealthy) meal. It's really hard to tell someone to spend their entire meal budget on a single head of broccoli!
I don't disagree that it's possible to eat healthily on a thin budget, but we're sadly past the point where this can be accomplished by buying fresh vegetables at the supermarket.
A head of broccoli is going for ~$5 at Loblaws in Canada. It's not much cheaper at shops in NYC.
https://www.loblaws.ca/broccoli/p/20145621001_EA
I bring up this example because if you try hard enough, $5 will buy you an entire (unhealthy) meal. It's really hard to tell someone to spend their entire meal budget on a single head of broccoli!
> Organic rainbow carrots are $1.50 a pound
https://www.loblaws.ca/organic-carrots-bunched/p/20056027001...
Sold by the bunch, but really more like ~$10/lb.
I don't disagree that it's possible to eat healthily on a thin budget, but we're sadly past the point where this can be accomplished by buying fresh vegetables at the supermarket.