Right now you're seeing more and more families reporting that they are skipping meals. They're having to give up meat. Mothers are foregoing food so their kids can have something. People are growing their own vegetables, not because they've gone organic, but because it's one of the few assured sources of food they have. For low-income Americans food is costly right now. The price of food has been going up, and wages haven't. This puts working Americans in a real bind. The fact that the mainstream media hasn't reported it doesn't mean that it's not happening.
We need to realize that these industrial methods of farming have gotten us used to cheap food. The corollary of cheap food is low wages. What we need… - Raj Patel
We need to realize that these industrial methods of farming have gotten us used to cheap food. The corollary of cheap food is low wages. What we need…
- Raj Patel
Far from being a “luxury for the rich,” organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone. - Raj Patel
Far from being a “luxury for the rich,” organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone.
Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connect… - Raj Patel
Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connect…
Agricultural sustainability doesn't depend on agritechnology. To believe it does is to put the emphasis on the wrong bit of 'agriculture.' What susta… - Raj Patel
Agricultural sustainability doesn't depend on agritechnology. To believe it does is to put the emphasis on the wrong bit of 'agriculture.' What susta…
For every $1 advertisers spend advertising something healthful like apples, they spend $500 advertising junk food. - Raj Patel
For every $1 advertisers spend advertising something healthful like apples, they spend $500 advertising junk food.
Food sovereignty... is most of all characterized by it’s conversations around how to end hunger and poverty. - Raj Patel
Food sovereignty... is most of all characterized by it’s conversations around how to end hunger and poverty.
The opposite of consumption is not thrift - it is generosity. - Raj Patel
The opposite of consumption is not thrift - it is generosity.
The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity. - Raj Patel
The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.
The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own and learn from them. That … - Raj Patel
The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own and learn from them. That …
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