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> why suddenly are people starving again because imperfect produce found a capitalist way to reduce waste? They don't. They wont. The article is nonsensical an
by Karishma1234 8y ago
> why suddenly are people starving again because imperfect produce found a capitalist way to reduce waste?
They don't. They wont. The article is nonsensical and ignores basic economics. Suffers from "we know better" attitude.
Small farmers are struggling. If the ugly produce helps them become little more profitable it is both good for them and also good for the food security of the nation. More available food would mean food will be cheaper for everyone. Will the world be better place if small farmers are out of business and a large businesses like Amazon takes up farming ?
Personally do not think there is anything ugly about ugly produce.
Note: I am not a rich techie. I earn less than $10K a year.
- ascorbic 8y agoIt's not small farmers that this is helping though. The article quotes Imperfect Produce as saying they need to be able to take at least a truckload of produce off a farm each week for it to be economical, so they don't deal with small farms. This is helping the large agribusinesses, not the mom and pop farms.