• DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Did California even get affected by high egg prices? During the worst of the bird flu, egg prices at my Bay Area supermarket were quite stable – probably because of those stricter state requirements.

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      It’s like gas.

      “Y’all Californians pay too much for that there gas.”

      Yeah, because we have stricter refinement laws so we have cleaner air. I’ve literally witnessed a significant reduction in the smog in the Sacramento valley over the course of my life because of those laws. Despite WAY more people living here than 3 decades ago.

      I’ll pay more for cleaner air.

      I’ll pay more for eggs without bird flu.

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      I’m a bit further north, but I noticed that egg prices at the local health foods co-ops that source eggs from smaller farms stayed pretty consistent while prices at bigger chain stores that source from mega farms doubled for a while. I assumed the difference was due to increased animal density requiring culling for the mega farms, price gouging, or both.