But we can’t transition back overnight without alienating conventional farmers who must be our allies, and destroying them economically when we must support a weaning off of what government-industrial cooperation (collusion?) has inflicted.
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More Smaller Farms
One of the key reasons for the departure of the rural workforce is the lack of community funds. Smaller farmers are more likely to benefit the local community, they have higher yields per acre, and their food is more likely to be more nutritious.
Better Methods to Support Farmers than Subsidies
Most of the benefit from subsidies are larger producers. With the top 10% of producers recieving most of insurance subsidies. By promoting large scale farming, we are hurting small town america beyond the other numerous harms of larger scale farms.
Rural towns, specifically those which have increase in amount of farmers would grow significantly depending on the size, and the ripple effect in local buisnesses (construction, butchers, transport)
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I agree. Likewise, the additives in foods that are meant to be helpful, fortification - such as folic acid. Many people, like myself, cannot methylate folic acid and must stay away from these additives. These are typically found in bread, cereals, pasta, and similar grain products. Because of the additives, people like me have to source 100% organic or choose glutin-free foods - that honestly are not the same in taste.
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I agree with everything in this post. Particularly important for me are reducing regulations that disproportionately impact small farmers under the guise “safety”, that were lobbied for by Big Ag.
Anything we’ve been eating or drinking or doing as humans for 1000s of years should not be illegal or have insurmountable barriers for entry for small producers, including raw milk, preserving food, and processing meat.
Getting dangerous chemicals - even POTENTIALLY dangerous chemicals - out of food until corruption-free studies can be done is a high priority, and it woudn’t take too much --Big Food is ALREADY producing their products without these chemicals in the countries where they are banned.
Everything Casey and Callie Means have to say on reforming food and drug policies should be done day 1.
Some no-brainers, in my view:
- end the revolving door between our regulatory agencies and large corporations - i agree with the 5 year cooling off period someone mentioned.
- Review the need for whole departments/funding for whole departments/programs, and make sure incentives do not create a conflict of interest for the health of Americans between Food and Health: FDA, NIH, CDC.
- If anything, subsidize whole foods and not mono-agriculture and processed foods
- if organic food is proven to have more nutrients than non and be better for the health and regeneration of our soil, subsidize the transition to organic.
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Amen!!
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include a percentage requirement. all farming and ranching in the united states will require a percentage of domestic crops and livestock be sold domestically. percentage will be dependent on the current population and type of crop/livestock. feed americans first, with quality.
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The MAHA movement is hinged on this issue.
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What would be the overall economic impact of this policy?
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So agree with this post.
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Improvements in healthy food costs, more jobs and rural growth, lower healthcare costs, a healthier workforce.
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Wasn’t the initial Farm Bill introduced due to the Depression? We “needed” a national approach to a multi-state problem? Which producers/ranchers are most reliant on what’s in the Farm Bill?
Most of what I read in my job (working for a college of ag at a land-grant university) starts with “climate change” and requiring farmers to produce more because of the global population growth (I think the US is either stagnant or negative at this point). And where does meat (ruminants, poultry, pig) fit in? Look at all of the problems created by a government-promoted diet that is not protein based, but carb-based (and includes veggies)! The WHO and WEF trying to reduce our consumption of meat even further, relying on the bogus “climate change.” SMH
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Exactly! Now they say we must force-convert the world’s peasant farmers to GMOs and food surveillance to “save the planet” and “feed the world.” They are seeding famine in the name of salvific rescue. It links to Kissinger’s 1974 Population Report, which invoked climate, equity, and famine as justification to compel other cultures to have fewer children. They are still our for population control. “Control the food, Control the People.”
Change local ordinances on home lot sizes to require room for a garden. Make changes to facilitate people to grow their own vegetables and have some small livestock again, or set up community farming spaces. People need the ability to be self sufficient and know their food is safe. Community farming may help provide jobs for more than those addicts but also those impacted by the rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence that will be dramatically decreasing the need for human workers in so many different occupations.
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I am interested in learning more about nutrition and learning how to become healthier. We need to stop depending on the medical community. Instinctively we can heal our own bodies without a physician. Physicians are needed in emergencies. Is there going to be any education?
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If schools would teach nutrition and how to grow food there would be healthy minded kids growing up without fast food on every corner
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We need our Soil, Water and Air cleaned!
Today’s organics are not organic.
Under Biden administration FDA snuck in re-labeling “GMO” produce to “Bio-Fortified” WHICH IS ORGANICALLY GROWN GMO!
Now 97% of all organic produce is labeled “Bio” or “Biologique” and people don’t know that they’re buying Organically grown GMO.
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We also need to find ways to encourage people who have yards to use that space to grow some food as well! If we all worked together to grow abundance there would be no need for the government to tell us what to do
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Farm Your Yard - Farm Your Yard: Empowering Homeowners to Keep Chickens and Grow Gardens - #16 by Weekendscotty
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We should figure out a way to educate people how to Farm Your Yard - Farm Your Yard: Empowering Homeowners to Keep Chickens and Grow Gardens - #16 by Weekendscotty
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