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(4,835 posts)Imagine if food stamps could be used at farmers markets and a local farmer raising catfish and watercress were getting farm subsidies and research grants.
I'm not saying that this is what is going to happen, but there are a lot of ways to get the economy going if we just get away from the corporate farming, subsidize box stores model.
There are some places where farmers markets can accept food stamps and there are agricultural programs cropping up in elementary schools.
I rail on about our hypnosis over money because we have people who live in really nice houses one day, and the next they are eating at soup kitchens. Food only comes from grocery stores and grocery stores only take money. There is no other way to obtain foodstuffs.
We are powerless to stop it as long as we think like that. It's gonna take a lot of small incremental steps, but they are happening all over. In this age of shared information; all we need is a new agriculture/alternative energy/technology revolution and things will happen very fast.
If you want to see some interesting stuff; you should watch TED talks.