By Joel Salatin Those of us in the authentic food and ecological farming tribe often cite externalized costs as one of the failings of the agri-industrial farming complex.
We point out that the cheap price of food at the cash register does not cover all sorts of things: half of all diarrhea cases, 700 riparian dead zones (the largest of which is the size of Rhode Island in the Gulf of Mexico), superbugs like MRSA and C. diff, antibiotic resistance, asthma for neighbors…
Oh, and animal abuse, health problems for workers, soil erosion…
The list is long and glorious to recite. I’ve done it many times …read more
