Comments lmwolf has made
Whole Foods and greed
Well folks, my post is really simple, I am not an economics guru, nor am I into the intricacies and vagaries of anti-trust laws. I do know that biodiversity has worked for millions of years in nature..a diversity of places for people to get what they need works too--keeps prices reasonable, and spreads the wealth around. There used to be three major players in the organic grocery field..then there were two, sadly there may soon be only one. I want a food supply that is organic, safe, sustainably/locally grown, realistically priced (trans: take away corporate/agribiz grow-for-export subsidies to create a level growing field). I want some choices as to where I go to buy that food. How sad, perverse and shamefull to see rampant greed touted so casually. Why did Earthbound Farm run all of the smaller produce growers off the field. WF makes lots of $, why do these people need ALL the money? On Why the FTC is right to block Whole Foods' buyout of Wild Oats posted 2 years, 4 months ago 28 Responses
risky biz
Farming is a riskey biz only for small/family farms. The huge subsidies given to the Agribiz farms,at taxpayer's expense make their work easy. If you take away the artificial price supports that Agribiz gets, organic/family/small farm practices are actully more efficient and economical...and the benefits to both the environment and the health of all of us are priceless. We all need to be aware of and to support all of the alternatives to Agribiz and to make Congress change the Farm Programs to truly reflect who needs supports and who doesn't. As usual Tom, great essay! On Thoughts from a small farm during the midwinter lull posted 2 years, 10 months ago 9 Responses