What is Food? - Part III
What we may have learned here is that getting food out of the ground and into your hands is a difficult, time-consuming and complex process. Each player in the food supply chain requires compensation. Food, being perishable, requires swift handling or refrigeration, more costs along the path from farm to you. Below you see a simple illustration of what the DeFund Now! movement portends as it destroys institutions and incentives that have made us the best fed nation in history. Again, depending on browser speed, patience may be necessary as you watch food movement melt away.
A recent movie based on actual events, Mr. Jones, does a good job of describing what we face . Those who want a New Deal, green or any other color, should be careful of what they wish for.