We hear it all the time; industrial agriculture flacks on the teevee boasting about “feeding the world.” Well, as we are seeing with the 550 million egg recall, and previous recalls on beef and other fresh produce items, what good is it producing all the food that they boast about if nobody can eat it? Additionally, the chemical pollution from pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer run-off is not equated into the “feed the world” BS. Add to that the federal subsidies corporate agriculture receives results in the bottom line: it is just not worth it.
 
Hopefully and unfortunately, if enough people get sick this can be the tipping point to change our current industrial corporate agri-business into decentralized local farming. I can hope but the scenario is more like David vs Goliath. David has a sling shot while Goliath has a 450 horsepower, four wheel drive John Deere tractor coming straight for him.