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643 points throwaway5752 | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | source
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mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42951168[source]▶
Fresh, local eggs have remained around the same price here. While more expensive than eggs from large producers in normal times, they are now often cheaper.

This is a great reminder of how important it is to support local farmers and small operations, which increase the resilience of the system as a whole.

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afavour ◴[05 Feb 25 16:54 UTC] No.42951379[source]▶
This is also a great defense against something like bird flu. When you centralize operations a disease can spread through a population like wildfire. When it's a number of smaller, separate operations the impact is lessened.
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SketchySeaBeast ◴[05 Feb 25 16:58 UTC] No.42951470[source]▶
Really raises the question - should vital infrastructure, like food production, be built in an attempt to maximize profit or resiliency? Have things swung too far in one direction?
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1. codemac ◴[05 Feb 25 17:16 UTC] No.42951797[source]▶
In many cases maximizing profits increases supply through efficiency, especially in the case of things like food. Increased supply is usually considered a safer place than a lower supply if it's vital.

Every step you take that makes food more expensive, some use cases of food are no longer possible (say, free eggs in all elementary schools or something).

How many of these uses are we ok eliminating so the wealthier population has a more consistent/resilient supply?