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I'm not talking about some magical hippie love future in which everyone chooses to go local, organic and vegan. I'm talking about material, measurable public su
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
I'm not talking about some magical hippie love future in which everyone chooses to go local, organic and vegan. I'm talking about material, measurable public subsidies to specific agricultural practices that allow companies to sell their products at far below the cost of production and hence distort the market for those products.
- tptacek 17y agoAbout which the only influence you have vis a vis eating is to avoid the foods that are a part of that system; I was careful to say "organic, local, or humane" (not vegan) to provide as many non-Food-Inc. options as possible. I don't see what your point has to do with the cost of cooking in vs. cooking out. At least 'kingkongrevenge has a meal plan to offer us. =)
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoAgain, to clarify: I'm not talking about conventional factory farming vs. organic/local farming; I'm not referring to the economies of scale realized by industrialized farming practices. I'm talking about massive, direct economic subsidies for the kinds of crops that tend to go into prepared foods vs. the comparative absence of massive, direct economic subsidies for the kinds of crops that tend to be the ingredients of home cooked meals. (The actual ingredients of home-cooked meals vs. their prepared equivalents are rarely even remotely similar.) I hope what this has to do with the cost of cooking ingredients vs. eating prepared food is self-evident.