Interesting article from the California Cook that encourages a conversation about food and has many good points and refers to the law of unintended consequences, as seen in the last Green Revolution: "Developing tasteless fruits and vegetables was not the goal of the last Green Revolution; it was a side effect of a system designed to eliminate hunger by providing plentiful, inexpensive food, but that also ended up rewarding quantity over quality."
This applies to just about everything in life: "Don't assume that those who disagree with you are evil, stupid or greedy. And even when they are, that doesn't relieve you of the responsibility for making a constructive and convincing argument."
This applies to just about everything in life: "Don't assume that those who disagree with you are evil, stupid or greedy. And even when they are, that doesn't relieve you of the responsibility for making a constructive and convincing argument."
Some of the comments included:
- ...eliminate hunger or capitalist system?
- ...reminding us that "quality is more expensive than quantity." Too many of us are unwilling to devote more of our budgets to food in order to support a better food system.
- In the quest for a better food system, subsidies for corn and soy need to be eliminated.
- ...matter of national security
Somewhat related, an interesting article about heritage breeds. We used to get milk and beef products from a variety of cows? While the industrialization of agriculture has done great things to make food more available to all people, the side effect of making it less diverse was probably not anticipated.
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