for Mexican producers dropped 56% between 1995 and 2010. Massive operations like Smithfield's Granjas Carroll de México replaced them. Smithfield had already faced opposition in Virginia and North Carolina for the health and environmental impacts of its hog operations. InSome would argue that intensive meat production is necessary to feed the growing world population.
in the past four decades have outstripped population growth. There is plenty of food, the problem is access., will be eager to fill the gap. Companies should focus on meeting consumer needs and ensuring a healthy workforce, not jockeying for first place in global trade tallies. Others will say we can't change course because rural communities have come to rely on meat processing plants for employment. Immigrants have flocked to places like South Dakota and Wisconsin to work in the meat industry. But the profits generated by these massive operations don't stay in rural communities. Pollution and sickness do.
US farm policy has pushed centralized, industrialized agriculture for decades, to disastrous results for small farmers around the country. Globally, US trade policy promotes the same model and offloads surplus grain and meat to developing or middle-income countries, wrecking local food economies. Proponents of small-scale, decentralized food systems have been written off as overly romantic and unrealistic. But the coronavirus pandemic shows that our centralized, export-oriented food system puts us at risk for shortages or price increases if any one node of the system breaks. A decentralized food system would be better for the planet and protect supply against future shocks.
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