Hunterbrook Media’s investment affiliate, Hunterbrook Capital, did not take any positions related to this article. Eggs have become a status symbol — sold as loosies in New York City bodegas; dubbed the new caviar; climbing to a record average of $8.05 per dozen in February. And that’s just for normal eggs, not even the organic, […]
The “developed” world throws away more than half of all food and clothing it produces/imports. Simply because it wouldn’t be as lucrative to give away the excess or lower prices. They could do both those things to mitigate waste, but waste isn’t punished so they ignore it.
And people fight with me to no end that high prices and fully stocked shelves are incongruent.
It’s just fucking greed.
The “developed” world throws away more than half of all food and clothing it produces/imports. Simply because it wouldn’t be as lucrative to give away the excess or lower prices. They could do both those things to mitigate waste, but waste isn’t punished so they ignore it.