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> The US federal government could subsidize farmers that grow real vegetables, not just corn and soybeans. You can’t subsist on “real vegetables”. Vegetables f
by xyzzyz 5y ago
> The US federal government could subsidize farmers that grow real vegetables, not just corn and soybeans.
You can’t subsist on “real vegetables”. Vegetables form important supplement to the diet, but they are not basis of it, nor they ever been (people used to eat much more grain and much less meat and vegetables than they do now). Governments are subsidizing staples, because it is by far most effective way to ensure food security.
- sirspacey 5y agoHaving been a recipient of those programs “staples” are not what is being subsidized. The largest “food” producers are, like General Mills and Coca Cola. I could get soda but not fresh fruits or vegetables for my kids. We somehow have to keep discussing what real nutrition for children looks like and the impact it has on their ability to become productive citizens. It’s really not that much of a mystery anymore, plenty of reproducible studies have been done, but our systems are still not designed to achieve it. Yes, it makes a massive difference what the goals of food security are.