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Sustainable, local, organic food grown on small farms has a tremendous amount to offer. Unlike chemical-intensive industrial-scale agriculture, it regenerates rural communities; it doesn\u2019t pollute rivers and groundwater or create dead zones; it can save coral reefs; it doesn\u2019t encroach on rainforests; it preserves soil and it can restore the climate (IAASTD, 2009<\/a>). Why do all governments not promote it?<\/span><\/p>\n

For policymakers, the big obstacle<\/a> to global promotion and restoration of small-scale farming (leaving aside the lobbying power of agribusiness) is allegedly that, \u201cit can\u2019t feed the world\u201d. If that claim were true, local food systems would be bound to leave people hungry and so promoting them becomes selfish, short-termist, and unethical.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, this purported flaw in sustainable and local agriculture represents a curious charge because, no matter where one looks in global agriculture, food prices are low because products are in surplus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sustainable, local, organic food grown on small farms has a tremendous amount to offer. Unlike chemical-intensive industrial-scale agriculture, it regenerates rural communities; it doesn\u2019t pollute rivers and groundwater or create dead zones; it can save coral reefs; it doesn\u2019t encroach on rainforests; it preserves soil and it can restore the climate (IAASTD, 2009). 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