Re: "Success" of modern agriculture

Steve Groff (sgroff@epix.net)
Fri, 14 May 1999 21:30:23 -0400

Mary Hendrickson wrote:

> I also would like to point out that ADM's slogan ("Supermarket to the
> World") and Dennis Avery's exhortation to "feed the world" rely on the
> basic assumption that "the world" has the money to pay to feed itself.
> On a radio show with Martin Andreas, I repeatedly asked the question --
> "What about the people who cannot afford to eat your products? How will
> you feed them?" This is an absolutely unanswerable question if one's
> premise is our for-profit food system.

How can I continue farming and not make a profit?

Steve Groff

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