GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Value Menu, Soil Fertility, Primitive Accumulation Of Capital
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Debt of growers (initial, upgrades), if resist, loss of contract. Illusion of diversity (company, kinds of foods) Government pays for corn to be sold above cost of production (false) Cheap corn = drive down price of meat. Can"t keep lots clean = sicknesses from factory runoffs. Government officials that are supposed to be scrutinizing companies worked for them. Usda has no authority to shut down plants that have repeatedly failed tests (inability of government to protect its citizens) All about keeping the status quo and not actually fixing the problem (find high-tech cure) Don"t have time to cook - would rather fill kids up rather than one item at supermarket (expensive to eat healthy) Processed foods subsidized = cheaper to buy unhealthy foods (commodity produce) Can keep workers because they need the work. Don"t care about health of workers/animals because they are temporary. Cheapest price is not actually cheapest and comes at environmental, societal, and.
