Prices of vegetables have been skyrocketing. So Brut. is asking an important question: What if you could grow all your own food?
Meet Gardyn, an indoor gardening system that is giving users control over rising costs by growing 30 fruits, vegetables, and plants at once.
Meet Gardyn, an indoor gardening system that is giving users control over rising costs by growing 30 fruits, vegetables, and plants at once.
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00:00How much do you think this dill is worth at the grocery store?
00:02I feel like it would be cents.
00:04A dollar maximum.
00:06It's actually $2.99.
00:07How are we supposed to pay $2.99 for that?
00:19How much do you think this bag of lettuce is worth at the grocery store?
00:22Two dollars.
00:23Three dollars.
00:23One dollar fifty.
00:25It's actually eight dollars.
00:27As a college student, that's rough.
00:29Do you feel like that's a rip-off?
00:30Depends on how good the lettuce is, I guess.
00:32How much do you think these strawberries cost at the grocery store?
00:35In Texas, they'll be about three dollars.
00:37Ten dollars.
00:38Ten dollars is unfortunately correct.
00:40How much do you think these cherry tomatoes are worth at the grocery store?
00:43Two dollars.
00:44Six ninety-nine.
00:45Eight dollars.
00:46They're actually eight dollars.
00:47Would you buy it?
00:48Can I see the weight?
00:51Probably not.
00:52How much do you think these jalapeno peppers cost at the grocery store?
00:55Two fifty.
00:55Three ninety-nine.
00:56It's actually five dollars.
00:59I usually go to the mercado.
01:01We just sell it for like five for like a dollar.
01:03Why do you think food is getting more expensive?
01:05Economy's changing.
01:06Things are going up.
01:07Everything's going up.
01:08Okay guys, let's get real.
01:10So inflation is a rise in prices, which means the decline in people's purchasing power.
01:14Like if you wore red lipstick to impress the hottest girl in school,
01:18but then everyone started wearing red lipstick,
01:20you would have less power and lipstick would lose its value.
01:22So why are we seeing super high prices for food right now?
01:26Well, the food supply is low.
01:27For one, transportation costs are higher.
01:30Did you know that 80% of lettuce is consumed on the East Coast
01:32and 95% of it is produced on the West?
01:35You know what they say about long-distance relationships.
01:38Another reason is to avoid food waste.
01:40As much as 40% of produce goes to waste from production to the shelf.
01:44Talk about being all dressed up with nowhere to go.
01:47And finally, the supply chain disruptions between COVID and the Russian war.
01:51Like Ukraine was the world's biggest wheat producer.
01:53People are having to go to other producers of wheat just to get it.
01:56And it's raising the cost.
01:58But before you resort to instant noodles, you have to try growing your own food.
02:26How much do you think this dill is worth at the grocery store?
02:37That dill? I'd almost say like $5.
02:40It's actually $2.99.
02:42That's still a terrible price.
02:43I would probably try to grow it myself.
02:45Like you could grow dill.