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That's where the economics question comes in. How do you make a living as a farmer selling a very specific variety of squash, when there are now (let's say) 900
by karaterobot 2y ago
That's where the economics question comes in. How do you make a living as a farmer selling a very specific variety of squash, when there are now (let's say) 9000 varieties of squash on the market, and the same number of people out there buying squash?
- Retric 2y agoThe same way you make a living when there is 1 type of squash in the market and 9000 farmers planting it. Mostly through government subsidies sometimes supplemented by selling actual food eaten by actual people. That’s perhaps overstating things, but remove biofuels and we would have an even larger surplus even as everyone gets fat from excess production. Western farming has no real need for increased efficiency unless we get rid of a lot of farmland.
- karaterobot 2y agoSetting aside the subsidies part, if every grocery store decided to stock 9000 types of squash, this could totally work.
- Retric 2y agoOr 4,000 stores selling 3 un/labeled types. Grapes, apples, and a few others get labels but I see a lot of generic items. Do you know the exact kind of carrots you’re buying in those little bags? Are your pumpkins just labeled pumpkins? How about blueberries etc etc.