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The David Lin Report · Friday, September 4, 2026

Direct farm-to-consumer sales challenging supermarkets due to logistics costs

The rise of efficient logistics services like Amazon, UPS, and FedEx is beginning to challenge the dominance of traditional supermarkets. The cost of maintaining physical stores is increasing, while doorstep delivery becomes more affordable, allowing small producers to compete on price.

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You know, one of the most exciting things right now is logistics. Logistics have become so, uh, you know, so, uh, efficient through Amazon Prime and and UPS and FedEx and things.
The cost of maintaining physical brick and mortar interfaces has escalated dramatically in the last five years, while the cost of doorstep delivery has decreased dramatically in the last five years.
We can now, and we're, we're our farm is in the Boondocks here on a dirt road in Swope, Virginia. We can now ship eggs to any urban center in America cheaper than they can buy them at farmers market.
Joel Salatin
Heard on The David Lin Report — “Diesel Prices Explode; Are Your Grocery Bills Next? | Joel Salatin, published Friday, September 4, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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