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   ≠ (amerika@annihilation.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:41 JST ≠

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   This by the way is why decentralization on the intertard works
   
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     Sir ReadyKilowatt (readykilowatt@noauthority.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:42 JST Sir ReadyKilowatt

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     @cjd @wowaname For sure more producers is better than fewer.

     Probably a little better to know the people involved, even if only because you handed them a sack of food in exchange for money. Tends to make one concerned for people in more than one dimension (how much wealth can I extract from them?).

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     cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:42 JST cjd

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     Yup, local = quality control, local = supporting local economy, local = community. Lots of good reasons to buy locally produced food when it is possible...
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     Sir ReadyKilowatt (readykilowatt@noauthority.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:44 JST Sir ReadyKilowatt

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     @wowaname @cjd The problem is that scarcity in other areas will drive products away because they'll demand a premium. Cattle ranching in Texas has lower overhead than in New York, so it is worth it to the Texan to ship beef away from the hometown market. Eventually the producers and buyers settle into a sort of stasis where prices reflect good margins and what the market will bear. Eventually what was once NY ranch land will be repurposed for something else, and no one will remember NY cattle.

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     cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:44 JST cjd

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     Local is a proxy for "small scale", which results in higher quality food and helps de-risk the agricultural sector in other ways. Both waste and mixed-scale farming has a part to play in a secure food supply.
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     opal (wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:45 JST opal

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     @cjd @ReadyKilowatt more food needs to be produced locally, then we wouldn't have to deal with all this logistical overhead
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     cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:46 JST cjd

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     Creating economic incentives to waste food is a brilliant idea to keep everyone fed. In lean times you can just stop wasting food :)
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     Sir ReadyKilowatt (readykilowatt@noauthority.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Sep-2025 14:27:47 JST Sir ReadyKilowatt

     Is it food waste or food security? Having more supply than demand is generally a good thing, especially when the supply is disrupted and there's slop in the system to make up for the shortfall.

     Start screaming about waste and you'll end up with starvation.

     https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/belgium-tops-us-most-calorific-country-world