P-I Focus: Farming is a net-loss proposition — ecologically, socially, and economically:
“The moral of this story resonates far beyond the farm salmon debate, coloring all of industrial agriculture: There are no shortcuts. So long as market forces alone shape how our food is produced, we will be faced with similar reality checks with increasing frequency and magnitude. Market forces only work when truthful product labeling and public understanding of all the costs accompany them.Indeed, the current crop of toxic farm salmon stories appearing in this paper compete for page space with mad cow disease coverage, transgenic crops and the like — all born of the shortsighted demand for more with less.”
Who knows what foods will even be around in 100 years, at this rate?
And as I increasingly find, I have thought and written about this before.
[Posted with ecto]