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The real cost of food
Why chicken should not cost $1 a pound anymore
A one-dollar chicken price is not a miracle. It is a signal that somebody—or something—farther back in the chain is carrying the cost.
Field notes from Jackson, South Carolina
The Farm
Ledger.
What we are learning from the soil, the animals, the weather, and the true cost of raising food well.
02
Farm economics
What it really costs to farm
The feed bill is only the beginning. Here is what your food dollar has to carry before a farm can call the year successful.
03
Eat from the farm
The dozen-egg dinner plan
Eggs are not a side note to the Meat Sack. They are one of the most flexible ways to turn a few farm ingredients into a real meal.
04
Beef supply
Why beef is tight right now
COVID mattered—but the honest explanation also includes drought, expensive inputs, herd liquidation and the simple fact that cattle cannot be rebuilt overnight.
No stock photos. Just farm life.