Cheap food breeds a cheap food culture and it becomes a cycle. I think the
> only way to exact a certain level of change is to change the pricing
> structure. Make food cost more. Eating habits will change. Demand will
> lessen, local farmers and region farmers will be better capable of meeting
> demands and what they are unable to produce for national larger farms will
> be able to meet the demand without having to rely on a ridiculously cheap
> foreign supplier of questionable quality.
This was one of the plans during the great depression and made a bad
situation worse. Still exists, but paid not to plant now.
If current climate trends continue, we are heading into a Maunder Minimum so
food will become less available and cost more, so just sit back and wait
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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