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The issue is one of lack of demand, not supply. Automating farms (and increasing supply) would make the problem worse. If anything needs to be automated or impr

The issue is one of lack of demand, not supply. Automating farms (and increasing supply) would make the problem worse. If anything needs to be automated or improved, it’s distribution. Much of the food supply that normally goes to restaurants and cafeterias has no place to go.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
Automation won’t increase supply. Ag automation for food farms will only be optimized for small acreage farms and for local food supply chain distribution. It will tighten supply chain for local distribution and logistics leading to less food waste. Supply is not a problem with American ag. Waste is.
sigmaprimus 7y ago
I have been hearing this new argument a lot lately and on both sides of the coin. "It's not a supply problem it's either a "not enough" or "too much" demand problem. The first time I heard it was regarding the lack of toilet paper in stores, now it's going to bankrupt farmers. I think it's actually a problem with the just in time delivery system currently being used. What 50 years ago would have been considered due diligence in having a couple months of food and consumables is now considered hoarding. Maybe the current delivery/storage system is causing these fluctuations in demand to affect the supply so drastically? Maybe it's small condos without closet pantry or freezer space in our over populated, "housing crisised" cities causing it? It's been a long time since I took a Consumer-ed / Home economics class and I don't even know if they teach it anymore (maybe it was replaced by coding classes?) but when I was in school "Supply and Demand" were tied together and you couldn't do any calculation with one and not the other let alone blame a problem on one.
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Consumer Ed home economics is not how you learn about supply chain works from farm gate to retail.
  - sigmaprimus 7y ago
    OK how do you learn about it? Going to get some asswipe and find out theres none there? Only to hear some asswipe tell you its not a supply problem its a demand problem, your right I guess...oh wait you didn't really say anything usefull just that im wrong..good job, can you print that comment out, mail it to me before my next bowel movement? So much for the three seashells!!

jelliclesfarm 7y ago

Automation won’t increase supply. Ag automation for food farms will only be optimized for small acreage farms and for local food supply chain distribution. It will tighten supply chain for local distribution and logistics leading to less food waste. Supply is not a problem with American ag. Waste is.

sigmaprimus 7y ago

I have been hearing this new argument a lot lately and on both sides of the coin. "It's not a supply problem it's either a "not enough" or "too much" demand problem. The first time I heard it was regarding the lack of toilet paper in stores, now it's going to bankrupt farmers. I think it's actually a problem with the just in time delivery system currently being used. What 50 years ago would have been considered due diligence in having a couple months of food and consumables is now considered hoarding. Maybe the current delivery/storage system is causing these fluctuations in demand to affect the supply so drastically? Maybe it's small condos without closet pantry or freezer space in our over populated, "housing crisised" cities causing it? It's been a long time since I took a Consumer-ed / Home economics class and I don't even know if they teach it anymore (maybe it was replaced by coding classes?) but when I was in school "Supply and Demand" were tied together and you couldn't do any calculation with one and not the other let alone blame a problem on one.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
Consumer Ed home economics is not how you learn about supply chain works from farm gate to retail.
- sigmaprimus 7y ago
  OK how do you learn about it? Going to get some asswipe and find out theres none there? Only to hear some asswipe tell you its not a supply problem its a demand problem, your right I guess...oh wait you didn't really say anything usefull just that im wrong..good job, can you print that comment out, mail it to me before my next bowel movement? So much for the three seashells!!