This is an interesting thread because the cost and labor structure at Codman is very different from a typical retailer or privately owned farm.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:24 AM Joan Kimball <selene...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, but Whole Foods can price lower because of quantity. You can see it > in food and flower prices. They are a national chain. Codman and local > farmers have locally grown food. Farm staff need to be paid fairly for > this labor intensive food. And so we can choose, as Sara says. > > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 9:16 AM Anne Warner <warneran...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Stepping back from the commentary for a moment: my sister was up >> visiting me in Lincoln recently, and I took her by Codman Farms. She >> looked at the pricing, and was actually pretty shocked. The prices were so >> much higher than even the most expensive of the local markets (Whole Foods) >> for identical foods, including organic items. Her comment was "I guess I >> shouldn't be surprised. This is Lincoln, after all." Really gave me >> pause.... >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:10 AM Margaret Olson <s...@margaretolson.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Out of curiosity, I looked at images of chicken for sale at butcher >>> shops in the early 40s (pre-factory farmed chicken). Then I compared 1940 >>> prices to current prices...and discovered that Codman Farm chicken is >>> almost exactly the same price as chicken was in the 1940s. >>> >>> Chicken was once Sunday dinner food. It was, like Codman's chicken, >>> flavorful and delicious. I looked and looked for pasture raised chicken and >>> used to buy it from Whole Foods when they occasionally had it. I am SOOO >>> happy that Codman has real chicken almost all the time. I strongly urge you >>> all to try it, and just stop buying factory chicken. If you want a bland >>> protein on which to impart other flavors use tofu. It is expensive - a >>> problem we solved by eating much less meat. Better for our health, better >>> for the environment, and the chickens lead a natural chicken life. If you >>> care at all about the treatment of animals that alone is a reason to avoid >>> anything except pasture raised chicken. >>> >>> "Organic" chicken is factory chicken that has been fed organic feed. One >>> of the Michael Pollan books (apologies, I forget which one) described an >>> "organic" chicken farm. It wasn't pretty - basically treating the building >>> like a clean room. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 8:44 AM Lincoln Historical Society < >>> lincolnmahistoricalsoci...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Given all Adam has described, yes indeed! >>>> >>>> You have many choices - meat and chicken produced at large, factory >>>> farms, will of course be cheaper. >>>> Any meat/chicken sold through chain stores will be cheaper. >>>> You have that choice -it is locally available at Donelans, Market >>>> Basket, Costco. >>>> It is your choice. >>>> >>>> You get what you pay for. >>>> >>>> Sara >>>> >>>> > On Jul 13, 2021, at 8:58 AM, garrick niemiec < >>>> gniem...@illinoisalumni.org> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Adam >>>> > >>>> > What about the frozen chicken and beef...reasonable? >>>> > -- >>>> > The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>> > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>>> > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>>> > Browse the archives at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>> > Change your subscription settings at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>>> Browse the archives at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>> >>>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>> Browse the archives at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Anne Taubes Warner >> warneran...@gmail.com >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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