• Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    On a per capita basis, yes. But the Doritos that sell for $6 a bag come out of a multi billion dollar organization (Frito Lay, part of Pepsi).

    Individuals coming together to produce a single bag of Doritos aren’t going to be able to do it for $6. They need the infrastructure of that multi billion dollar corporation to get there.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, exactly. The problem is to get local produce cheaper than importing global crap. Distribution is a huge part of it. It shouldn’t be cheaper to transport crap food globally than for a domestic producer to deliver quality food, but it is.

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        1 year ago

        The thing is, you can’t source enough local produce to support any significant population. I live in a town of 641,162 (2021 numbers), you’re not going to deliver 1,923,486 meals a day, 702,072,390 meals per year, using only local resources. It simply can’t be done.

        Even on my property, for two people, I would not be able to produce 6 meals a day every day. I have to bring in outside resources.

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          1 year ago

          And outsourcing this solves the problem how? You’re just making someone else deal with your locality’s problem.