The New York Times > International > Americas > The Food Chain | Survival of the Biggest: Supermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers
I'm not sure that this is exactly fair. Not to defend the gigantic corporate giants, but this is not exactly new. This happened throughout Europe and the US. The only difference is that the farmers do not have the political clout or wealthy enough countries to get sudsidies.
The other thing is that the road from a rural society to an urban one is always paved with pain. It happened here (see the Great Depression, Great Migration, in the 20th Century, Rise of mechanization and industrial meat packing in the 19th Century) and will happen around the world as countries become more industrialized.
No many claim that there was an ideal about the past and the rural society. The problem with that is that it is a tough life. If you live in the snow belt and only eat food from 50 (or 200) miles of where you live, you should subsist on a canned fruits and veggies from the summer and cabbage. It's not fun to have to spend several weeks a year packing your veggies and then spending 6 months out of the year eating the same thing. Only with the rise of modern medicine and A/C have humans been able to populate states like Florida and Louisiana.
Find the Crichton speech to that club for more, better argued info.
I'm not sure that this is exactly fair. Not to defend the gigantic corporate giants, but this is not exactly new. This happened throughout Europe and the US. The only difference is that the farmers do not have the political clout or wealthy enough countries to get sudsidies.
The other thing is that the road from a rural society to an urban one is always paved with pain. It happened here (see the Great Depression, Great Migration, in the 20th Century, Rise of mechanization and industrial meat packing in the 19th Century) and will happen around the world as countries become more industrialized.
No many claim that there was an ideal about the past and the rural society. The problem with that is that it is a tough life. If you live in the snow belt and only eat food from 50 (or 200) miles of where you live, you should subsist on a canned fruits and veggies from the summer and cabbage. It's not fun to have to spend several weeks a year packing your veggies and then spending 6 months out of the year eating the same thing. Only with the rise of modern medicine and A/C have humans been able to populate states like Florida and Louisiana.
Find the Crichton speech to that club for more, better argued info.
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