Re: Have you notice the changes taken place in your food?

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:31:29 +1000, Farm1 wrote:
> <tinacci336@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
<...>
>> Have you noticed how suddenly the old hen
>> has changed the size of the egg she lays. What use to be a 'medium
>> size' is now a 'large size' when it gets put in the carton. The price
>> is still the same. In other words your getting less and still paying
>> the price.
>
> Now why would a person who reads and posts in a "rural" ng notice such a
> thing? We all have hens, or should have given that they are the
> absolute base line for rural living.

Because at least for some of us, it costs less to buy the eggs (and
chicken). (A building and fence that will protect chickens from a hungry
400# black bear is not cheap.) Plus, buying chicken at the market, you
can get just the part(s) you prefer.

>> Another item is how through the years produce has been placed on the
>> market before it is matured. Been artificially so called "ripened" and
>> put on counter for sale, though it is still unmatured as to taste and
>> texture. Tomatoes are a good example.
>
> Doesn't everyone also grow tomatoes? Even if they don't grow anything
> else.

The last place I lived where many people grew tomatoes was a city of about
75,000 pop (in a larger metro area). Where I live now, the climate isn't
warm enough to grow good tomatoes.

> Jack, I'm beginning to wonder how you define "rural".

It's misc.rural, not misc.farming, <g> At least here, the surviving
dairy farmers are too busy milking cows three times a day and raising
crops to feed them to do a garden or raise laying hens.


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