"...My pie in the sky dream is to end subsidies for agribusiness and end subsidies for animal production and basically let the free market decide the cost of a pound of beef and a pound of chicken. If there were no subsidies for beef, a pound of beef would cost around $25, and if every aspect of animal production wasn't subsidized, a family of four going to McDonald's for a quick meal would spend $75. So really it's like the silver bullet that fixes the problem. And I would almost think it would make for interesting bedfellows, where you might even get some libertarian Tea Party people to talk about ending giving subsidies to animal production. But then again, not to be too inflammatory, but thus far every single person in the Tea Party is a raving lunatic, so I don't expect them to join our cause any time soon."
-- Moby, author of Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety
(emphasis mine)Amen, Moby. It thrills me to just imagine it.
I love how you're delving more into your food principles (and linking to good things...)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've been a little worried that I've gone a little far afield. I'll post a recipe soon to balance it out a bit.
ReplyDeleteThere's just so much going on in the food world right now!