http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2010/10/05/why-a-4-peach-may-make-sense Comments On: Why a $4 peach may make sense by Jonathan Bender en-us Copyright 2013 Pitch. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Pitch readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Pitch. neilk@atiba.com (Pitch Webmaster) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Brittany Wiborg]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:08:00 -0500 Pitch Until, we start to think about the costs, the debate over what we're paying is meaningless.

Not really. By that rationale, consumers would buy a particular food simply because they're told that's what it costs.
Posted by jjskck]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:08:00 -0500 Pitch ...then folks would be stuck with a $20 zucchini.

Actually, the farmer would be stuck with them.

Time and labor are priced into everything you see at a farmer's market, unless people are selling their harvest and not pocketing a penny. I don't think that's the case.

Even the local-est, organic-est vegetables around are subject to basic economics.
Posted by jjskck]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:00:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by Pete]]> Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:56:00 -0500 Pitch