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The Current Food System Isn't Working for People's Health, but It Does Work for Governments

The current food system isn't working for the environment and it's not working for people's health. So, who does it work for? Yeah, good question. It kind of works for farmers, particularly if you're a large scale industrial farmer because the economies of scale and potential profits are pretty good. But it doesn't really work for people in the kind of citizen sense, the broad sway of people. We have a very small number of very large companies that are effectively controlling the food system with political buy-in.

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