• Thrift3499@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I don’t agree with that, here’s a study from Oxford University confirming vegan diets are on average 33% cheaper than omniverous diets.

    It can be expensive going vegan if you eat brand name fake meat every day but everyday vegan staples (chickpeas, lentils, beans etc) cost very little.

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      1 year ago

      Great study. To those who believe that raising own meat, dairy, eggs, hunts, fishes, or traps comes in as “nearly free food,” either doesn’t place a value on their time, and/or doesn’t consider the large costs in investment and learning-curve / training involved. (And if it was that cheap and easy, then it would be reflected in low prices at the market and therefore still be cheaper. Evidently, it is not).

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        1 year ago

        you’re misreading my comment. I am not calling those methods nearly free (though, for some people, they are.) I’m talking about programs like SNAP or WIC in the USA or food banks or food distribution programs. if someone w literally hands you 5 pounds of pork, and you throw that out, you need to replace that food somehow, probably with money.

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      1 year ago

      that study doesn’t account for anyone who gets free or directly subsidized food, raises their own meat dairy or eggs, hunts, fishes, or traps. as a result, it excluded the actual conditions of basically every poor person in a developed country. for many people it is much cheaper not to throw away free or nearly free food and go buy vegan food.