• FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I have chickens. People refuse to pay $5 a dozen for our pasture eggs. Even though that’s cheaper than any other eggs in the area. I’m also sitting on a dozen goose eggs. A goose egg is three times the size of a chicken egg. They want to pay less than three times the cost of a chicken egg, even though geese only lay during the spring and only lay every other day.

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      2 months ago

      This is because people assume that you should do it out of the goodness of your heart. Since you’re not mass producing.

      Which is absurd.

      If anything they should be willing to pay you a premium for a high quality product produced in far better conditions.

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      2 months ago

      Here in southern california the only eggs I have even seen on shelves are my usual small farmers market eggs, which are now the same price or cheaper than the grocery store. It has been astounding me that the better and now cheaper option is the one not sold out. Humans really are just psychology multiplied.