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micromacrofootlast Thursday at 5:03 PM1 replyview on HN

ah but why...

* larger companies are producing it at a scale that includes efficiencies that can't be replicated on smaller scales

* the federal government is subsidizing larger farms, which have industry lobbying arms

* larger farms are more likely to be exploiting labor and working conditions

* all of the above?


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davidmurdochlast Thursday at 5:54 PM

And none of that, if true, matters in the slightest to most of America because they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford these foods.

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