”Yes it is. One of the first times I can remember being truly outraged was when I was a child and watching dairy farmers on TV dump thousands of gallons of milk down storm drains because the price of milk had bottomed out. My family couldn’t afford milk half the time (used that powdered stuff) so watching this was especially heart wrenching.
I know what you mean. It’s outrageous. They could at least be put on the shelves at the food banks!!
I remember years back, I saw a boy and his seemingly single mom at the supermarket. He asked her for plums, which were ripe and fragrant on the shelf.
“We can’t afford them...” and I was really touched, remembering how it was to grow up practically dirt poor.
But I didn’t do anything - it seemed awkward.
I’ll go to my grave wishing I had handed that kid a bag of plums and a five dollar bill and told him and his mom to have a nice day...
We went through a time when we couldn’t afford milk, although we still don’t buy it very often, just out of habit. I’d rather buy meat, but the kids like milk.