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Roldyclark@literature.cafe 1 month ago
Some stuff you can def grow yourself easily and not have to buy at the store. I don’t have to buy tomato’s all summer just from a few plants. Never buy herbs. But yeah sustenance farming I am not. Support local farmers!
BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 month ago
Local farm has a dirt cheap produce subscription. $40 a week for locally grown produce!
fushuan@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That’s super expensive… 40 a week for just veggies? I spend 40 a week on all my groceries at most.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Average is $270 per week in the USA.
fushuan@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
That’s cool, I wanted to point out that saying cheap and then a ice point without reference isn’t really helpful because price varies so much.
Also, 270 per week per person!?!? What the fuck, that can’t be true, that’s more than what I extrapolated it would cost me in the European expensive countries when I visited and went to random grocery stores. As always, the american dream seems to be a scam fetish xD.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
$270 includes everything like Keurig coffee pods, ground beef, and laundry detergent- not just vegetables.
Sombyr@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I spend 1/3rd of that on all of my groceries combined per month. If I was spending that much per week I would be over 1000$ in debt after a single month. Is the average person really that rich? And what food are they buying that they need to spend that much?
This is baffling to me as a poor person.
Roldyclark@literature.cafe 5 weeks ago
American grocery store produce is really expensive now. $40 for a week of veggies would be a good deal in my area. Plus you’re supporting local agriculture.
fushuan@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Sure, but they didn’t specify they were american, did they?
Pringles@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Where do you live? I’m in central Europe and hit the local currency equivalent of 60$ per person per week…
fushuan@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I live in a quite expensive Spanish area and we usually spend 50ish for 2 people’s worth of food. We do go out or order food on the weekend sometimes but being vegetarian we don’t spend more than 15€ on produce a week at most so 40 a week sounds a lot.