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He wondered what the man’s name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace
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“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

“the phenomenon of hunger amid plenty, and so on. But most critical for understanding food in a capitalist food system is the fact that food is a commodity, valued not just as sustenance but as potential capital. Food has a use value (to feed people) and an exchange value (as a commodity).”
Eric Holt-Giménez, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

“Today, despite centuries of capitalism, large-scale capitalist agriculture produces less than a third of the world’s food supply, made possible in large part by multibillion-dollar subsidies and insurance programs. Peasants and smallholders still feed most people in the world, though they cultivate less than a quarter of the arable land.”
Eric Holt-Giménez, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism

“The Global South went from a billion dollars in yearly food exports in the 1970s to importing 11 billion dollars a year in food by 2001.”
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

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