some statistics from our food world...share this with others.
In everyday supermarkets, farmers get less than 10 cents of every dollar spent on food, locally farmers get 80-90 cents per dollar spent on food
Since WW II in America has lost a farm every half hour.
Most farms are contracted by larger companines who have "tricked" farmers to work with them promising independence and middle class wage, however after a $250,000 investment from the farmers savings, they are told how to build their sheds, what to feed the animals, how often to supplement with antibiotics and after all this they make an annual net income of $8,160 with no benefits and a contract that can be terminated at anytime leaving them with nothing.
Poverty rates are higher in vast stretches of the "heartland" than in the innercities.
"As population continues to grow in many nations, and the amount of farmland and water available to each person continues to shrink, a small farm structure many become central to feeding the planet"-Brian Halweil
that's it for now (i tired)
think on it though...hmm?
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