FiniteBanjo to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoIt is very therapeutic to garden, though.imagemessage-square337linkfedilinkarrow-up1892arrow-down178
arrow-up1814arrow-down1imageIt is very therapeutic to garden, though.FiniteBanjo to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square337linkfedilink
minus-squareFiniteBanjoOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·edit-21 year agoSubsidizing home farming isn’t really possible with our current society, and not subsidizing industrial farming could be disastrous and lead to famine. The subsidies guarantee that food options will be available at all times.
minus-squareiknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoNew Zealand stopped subsidizing farmers, and survives. So we have at least one data point showing that it is possible.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNew Zealand only grows meat and most of it goes to export. Growing veggies is not effective in general.
minus-squarePhoenix3875@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt does say “yield and cost effectiveness” in the picture, so I’m not emphasizing on availability, but discussing just that.
Subsidizing home farming isn’t really possible with our current society, and not subsidizing industrial farming could be disastrous and lead to famine. The subsidies guarantee that food options will be available at all times.
New Zealand stopped subsidizing farmers, and survives. So we have at least one data point showing that it is possible.
New Zealand only grows meat and most of it goes to export. Growing veggies is not effective in general.
It does say “yield and cost effectiveness” in the picture, so I’m not emphasizing on availability, but discussing just that.