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testing22321today at 3:05 PM1 replyview on HN

The farmer doesn’t own that mega farm until he pays off the loans.

How does he get the money to do that?


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anon84873628today at 3:21 PM

By paying farm worker less than they deserve, farm equipment manufacturers more than they deserve, and using farming practices that destroy the ecology and depend on continued fossil fuel extraction.

(And in California where the most profitable crops are perennial fruits and nuts, probably outright stealing water from the aquifer or state irrigation system.)