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Farming is the same way. Fewer people than in previous decades but we are manufacturing more and growing more food now than ever.
by gnopgnip 10y ago
Farming is the same way. Fewer people than in previous decades but we are manufacturing more and growing more food now than ever.
- fludlight 10y agoSo why do the fresh eggplants at the store come from Mexico and all(!!!) of the frozen fruit come from Mexico, Honduras, Chile, Peru, the Balkans(!?), and Canada?
- mattthebaker 10y agoBecause it is more efficient to do so. Either those crops require more labor, different climate, or are lower yielding, etc. than what we grow locally. If it paid more to grow those crops, we would grow them.