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 Stories About: aquaculture AND Chile AND fishing AND food AND Wal-Mart
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Down on the farm
Why the global food system isn't kind to local farmers |
Tom Philpott |
25 Jan 2006 |
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| Recently, I've come across two articles that pungently demonstrate the place of small-scale farmers in a global economy geared toward long-distance trade. The first, a Salon-published excerpt from Charles Fishman's recent book The Wal-Mart Effect, explores what the U.S. love affair with $5/pound salmon means for Chile. (Prepare to click through a few ads to get to the story.) The other, a NY Times piece, depicts high-level hand-wringing in China over rural 'land grabs ... |
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| Topics: aquaculture, Chile, fishing, food, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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