Michael Pollan - Part 2 - Bioneers Conference

[524ej]

Over 40 years ago, my mother raised squash on her farm in her garden-so did everyone else- she received one dollar a gunny sack full: everyone else raised squash too so no one wanted it

The same thing happened with our farm with sweet corn- everybody had a good harvest and nobody wanted to pay anything for it...What's the solution for that?

[uirachel]

@524ej We need to change the system. We need to have local produce available in local grocery stores. If local grocery stores were to buy from local farmers the demand would go up because more of the public would have access to locally grown foods. There wouldn't be a huge surplus if more people had easier access to the goods. I think people would buy local if they had easier access. That's the solution.