Johnnie

“The ability to apply nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium to agricultural soils eliminated the practices of cover cropping, inter-cropping, and relay-cropping with legumes. This separated grain cultivation from livestock production, leading to monocultures and feedlots.”
― Eric Holt-Giménez, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

“Can farm programs ensure a stable, fair income for farmers and a healthy, affordable food supply? Of course they can. Unfortunately, capital is not invested in ensuring a fair income for farmers but in profiting from agriculture.”
― Eric Holt-Giménez, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

“Modern-day conflicts over the patenting of life (known as genome property), corporate personhood, privatized water, and land grabs have their roots in centuries-long processes of wealth accumulation, state-making, and imperial expansion. The struggles over resources have been accompanied by heated debates over the social, economic, and ethical justification of private property. These historical arguments go to the core of political and economic power.”
― Eric Holt-Giménez, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

“Agriculture under capitalism has a tendency to overproduce; for the last half century the world has produced 1.5 times more than enough food to feed every man, woman, and child on the planet. Overproduction in the Global North has led to a steady decline in the price of agricultural commodities. Commodities in most industries are manipulated by a handful of monopolistic corporations that try to avoid “price wars” between each other.”
― Eric Holt-Giménez, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism