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
Another excellent post, and I really appreciate that you cited your sources. I also have to say: your garden looks fantastic!
Food is something I think about a lot since I've spent the last few years working in the agricultural sector on urban organic micro-farms. Subsidies propping up agribusinesses in the United States are clearly a huge issue (if not primary issue), not only domestically in limiting our food choices, but also internationally as you pointed out in that developing countries' markets are flooded by cheap commodified foods such as corn. Fortunately, local foods movements and permaculture are starting to take off, and were these subsidies to be repealed, I think the markets would shift toward a healthier, sustainable and more democratic process.
Great food for thought—pun intended—here. Thank you!
Awesome! Are these urban organic micro-farms in the Bay Area? If so I'd love to know which ones!
Great points...I agree, the subsidies are working against food sovereignty and the government and big agriculture is in control through such policies. But like you pointed out, there is a shift and a rising resistance against such a food regime!
They are, but they're with private clients so not open to the public. Still a super fun gig though, and my own way of fighting the food regime. :)