silence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articlesEnglish · 6 months agoThe Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkThe Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articlesEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareJake FarmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoIs it really green to regulate local farms into non-existence and then just import food from countries with no environmental regulations?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThat’s not what is happening though; the US is a massive net calorie exporter.
minus-squareJake FarmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoAnd yet industrial farms still need to rely on literal modern day slavery.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago“need” is a bit of a weasel word; they profit more when they do that.
Is it really green to regulate local farms into non-existence and then just import food from countries with no environmental regulations?
That’s not what is happening though; the US is a massive net calorie exporter.
And yet industrial farms still need to rely on literal modern day slavery.
“need” is a bit of a weasel word; they profit more when they do that.