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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers | Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If there’s one area where I don’t mind government bailouts, it’s domestic food production.

What I DO mind is bailouts where the giant megafarmcorps are still allowed to keep their profits, give out dividends, do share buybacks, etc and then not lower prices (and probably ask for another bailout)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Oh, definitely agree with that. But for some reason I just feel like that's unlikely to happen, I just can't imagine a goverment doing something like this. It's just doesn't feel like something plausible, for some reason.

    But yeah, even if it did happen, it's probably going to be the second option you mentioned at this point.

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