Comments on: Food Democracy 101: Who is really behind our food? http://smallfarmersbigchange.coop/2008/11/03/food-democracy-101-who-is-really-behind-our-food-2/ A green and more just food system starts with small farmers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jo http://smallfarmersbigchange.coop/2008/11/03/food-democracy-101-who-is-really-behind-our-food-2/#comment-376 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:10:25 +0000 http://eecampaign.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/food-democracy-101-who-is-really-behind-our-food-2/#comment-376 have been aware of this situation with our foods sources for some time. I live in a small town Canada, some produce is available locally, but most are not. when able I plant a garden, sometimes in containers due to space. eating from your own garden is the most nutritious, with the system breaking down, people will have to grow food if they wish to eat! learn to care for the earth not abuse her. bless the life you live

]]> By: Andrew Kessel http://smallfarmersbigchange.coop/2008/11/03/food-democracy-101-who-is-really-behind-our-food-2/#comment-330 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:14:10 +0000 http://eecampaign.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/food-democracy-101-who-is-really-behind-our-food-2/#comment-330 It seems incredibly contradictory when large corporations like Coke-Cola start doing organics and/or Fair Trade because almost every thing else they do does not fall in to these categories. Meaning – they give with one hand but take away with the other and what takes less effort and costs less money goes towards subsidizing what “might” take more effort and cost more money – such as producing a mostly organic product, or all natural product, or “sweatshop free” product. The motivations for doing some thing more humane or environmental cannot be taken seriously since everything else a corporation does serves to increase profits – not to make a serious change and improve the world and the lives of disenfranchised groups of people. Therefore, the only other conceivable reasons for corporate powers to join in these movements is either for profit, improving their reputation, and/or to assuage their guilt over not being a more generous group of people – or corporate citizen. I don’t think profit in general is a bad thing I just think it’s deceiving to say your doing some thing for one reason when in fact your real reason is another.

I will almost always argue that proliferating a movement is not worth it if the core values of the movement are lost in it’s expansion. Why start the movement in the first place if it’s just going to be watered down and controlled by corporate groups rather than by people on the ground who not only talk the talk but also walk the walk?

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