RE: The Creation Of A New Food Regime - Can We Find Sovereignty and Spirituality In Our Food System Once More? // Plus Photos From My Garden
Amazing reply! I actually totally agree with your analysis. In my section "How Did We Get Here?" I reference the protective US markets and the food dumping in form of food aid by the US government. And yes...neoliberalism and the "free market" are complete BS in terms of it actually being "free". So many government regulations lie behind such a system. The essay I offered above is just a snapshot of what is going on, and I do believe that the governments are one of the largest players and obstacles in the food system. However, I wonder how much control the government truly has today or if they are more at the mercy of what agribusinesses want due to agribusiness campaign donations, lobbyist, ect.
Lol Joel Salatin speaks to me...I'm currently trying to create my own permaculture business and am coming across all sorts of red tape, and many regulations that are completely ridiculous (unless the purpose of the regulations is to keep you in the system that is benefitting the top and exploiting the bottom, in which case they make perfect sense ;-) )
I'm going to look more into the AirBnB promotion, that's the kind of resistance that I've seen to be most effective, thanks for sharing!
Sounds good. Yeah I agree with you and I'm not a fan of big corporations either and they do have control over government in most industries, but unfortunately that won't change unless governments have less power. I remember hearing someone joke the first commodity sold in a regulated market are the regulators. The biggest source of corporate power comes from governments. It's half/half with government regulations. Most good intentions turn out to have bad results and most bad intentions work out exactly as planned. Hope you the best with your perm biz! What I mentioned was a pilot program in 2014 from AirBnB... EatWith is another company. I'm rooting for them. Yeah that's the best way to go, but you have to be prepared.. follow @quinneaker's blog and how his farm was raided. But I'm confident there is a way to make things work despite all these obstacles. ttyl!