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Book Excerpt: Commodities and Consolidation

Food Tank

That’s why less than 10 percent of farms still have animals. Previously, it was cost-effective for farmers to graze their cattle or grow their own feed. As farms consolidate, more and more of the wealth leaves rural communities and flows to the Cargills of the world. Most land in Iowa is not even farmed by owners anymore.

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Understanding the farmer protests 

Sustainable Food Trust

How can we best understand and relate to the farmer protests which are going on all over Europe, including down the road from our farm in West Wales? The retailers and food companies don’t even refer to buying crops anymore. They call themselves “offtakers”, which rather summarises their parasitic attitude toward the farmers.

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