Consumers Guess there never wrong

[malleefarmer]

Reading about shopping habits of Australians today while in hip surgeons waiting room.

Beef deemed to expensive around $8 per kilo live in saleyards around $18 to 40 in butchers supermarkets, lamb $5.50 to 6 agin 9 to 25 retail to expensive.

Most shop for chicken and pork as meat. Around 4 to 8 for chicken pork guess 6 to 14 per kg in shops.

But strangely whilst suggesting beef lamb to expensive well all meat I guess, they will willingly fork out for organic vegtables and fruit at ridiculous prices hard to figure. Organic meat not really on the shopping list either.

Dairy seems to be down a lot in buy patterns but strangely bread pasta etc are rising so not sure about the current thoughts on gluten by consumers.

Another comment was consumers all know they should eat fish but wow its expensive here in Australia around 15 to say 40 bucks a kilo depending on type. Whiting a aussie favourite is 38 per kg.
But its hip pocket over health but begs the question why they fork out for organic.

Edit note to clarify it seems they wont pay extra for organic meats but why fruit and veg is the question maybe spending patterns similar in canada

Not a argument about merits of organic rather consumers spending and thought patterns

[15444]

Reading about shopping habits of Australians today while in hip surgeons waiting room.

Beef deemed to expensive around $8 per kilo live in saleyards around $18 to 40 in butchers supermarkets, lamb $5.50 to 6 agin 9 to 25 retail to expensive.

Most shop for chicken and pork as meat. Around 4 to 8 for chicken pork guess 6 to 14 per kg in shops.

But strangely whilst suggesting beef lamb to expensive well all meat I guess, they will willingly fork out for organic vegtables and fruit at ridiculous prices hard to figure. Organic meat not really on the shopping list either.

Dairy seems to be down a lot in buy patterns but strangely bread pasta etc are rising so not sure about the current thoughts on gluten by consumers.



Another comment was consumers all know they should eat fish but wow its expensive here in Australia around 15 to say 40 bucks a kilo depending on type. Whiting a aussie favourite is 38 per kg.
But its hip pocket over health but begs the question why they fork out for organic.

Edit note to clarify it seems they wont pay extra for organic meats but why fruit and veg is the question maybe spending patterns similar in canada

Not a argument about merits of organic rather consumers spending and thought patterns

Consumers generally dumber than a box of rocks. Give them what they want, take their money and RUN.

[grassfarmer]

Mallee, I think the main consumer reason for buying organic is avoidance of chemical residues from spray. Obviously in the case of fruit and vegetables there is a more direct contamination risk versus meat produced from animals that ate grain that may have been sprayed when it was growing as part of their diet. Seems a logical risk assessment.

[tweety]

If pesticides is the issue they shouldn't buy organic either.

[sumdumguy]

If pesticides is the issue they shouldn't buy organic either.

Please explain.

[malleefarmer]

one could argue that chicken and pork are fed grain with chems.

and the bread one I found interesting is wheat belly gluten intolerance ideals changing slightly.

I have a daughter who has just gone vegan been at it for maybe 6 months actually costs her more cause shes always seemingly hungry

[oneoff]

Please explain.

I feel a classic answer coming. And the answer is.............


Ooops.... it doesn't have to make sense.

[Braveheart]

The answer my friend is blowin in the wind, literally. Because the atmosphere has pesticides floating in it, organic products are not free from pesticide residues. They are everywhere in minute quantities.

Organic should really be labelled as "grown from unsustainable soil conservation practices" to be more accurate. Or, " more carbon was burned to produce this organic food than conventional farming".

[furrowtickler]

Lol Breveheart - you just whacked a hornets nest ....

[Braveheart]

The truth is sometimes dangerous.

[oneoff]

And brhearts answer is exactly what every reasonable consumer and primary farm producer should have on the tip of their tongue. Oh..maybe some honest mention of Paris Green; oxalates; salt and sugar mixtures that not much else can grow in; some mercurial ointments; opiate elixers and remedies and other powerful shit that ranks well up with anything available today

But if you are interested in pandering to your high paying, well to do niche customer....the answer would be a quite different misrepresentation more along the line of "no added hormones"; some weak organic certification and overlooking the testing that would show a similar suite of contaminants and man made chemicals that come with industrialization and living standard improvements.

[hobbyfrmr]

Consumers generally dumber than a box of rocks. Give them what they want, take their money and RUN.

Some thoughtful insight from a Canadian farmer right there.
Solid gold.
This is why primary producers in western Canada agriculture are so successful.

[hobbyfrmr]

one could argue that chicken and pork are fed grain with chems.

and the bread one I found interesting is wheat belly gluten intolerance ideals changing slightly.

I have a daughter who has just gone vegan been at it for maybe 6 months actually costs her more cause shes always seemingly hungry

There seems to be a trend/fad/movement towards plant based protein sources . I suggest watching a movie called "Forks over Knives" . It is on Netflix.
I do suggest your daughter include dehulled hemp seeds/hemp hearts in her daily diet. Organic if she must, but hemp nutrition is real.

[farmaholic]

You said a mouthful....sugar and salt concentrations so ****en high it's toxic to micro organisms to multiply in but we'll eat it! It's not all on the shoulders of Primary Producers!

[hobbyfrmr]

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