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You're right! They could absolutely be growing food that matters on a scale to make a difference! There is the minor potential issue that doing so might be cost
by Kalium 9y ago
You're right! They could absolutely be growing food that matters on a scale to make a difference! There is the minor potential issue that doing so might be cost-prohibitive for all but the wealthiest. And also the minor consideration of what you might do to poor farmers in poorer countries by taking away their access to rich, first-world markets.
- xbmcuser 9y agoThat is how all farming started take any fruit, spice or grain it was first grown for the nobles/kings/rich as they learned more about and grew larger quantities they became commodities that everyone uses.
- Kalium 9y agoYou're completely correct. This applies to basically every technology - very few things are cheap enough to make available to everyone when first introduced. With that said, it's often difficult to make this point successfully to people who resent that those with greater resources at their disposal have greater access to new, expensive technologies. Telling such people that today's technology that puts expensive herbs on the plates of the 1% today can grow food for the poor tomorrow is of little avail when they have visions dancing in their heads of food for the 99% being grown cheaply in basements today.