Comments on: The Price is Wrong http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/05/23/the-price-is-wrong/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: budak http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/05/23/the-price-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-896 budak Wed, 24 May 2006 02:51:41 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=233#comment-896 my duck hates celery. For all the cries of freemarketeers, foodstuff is possibly the least 'marketised' commodity, with prices that hinge greatly on public policy and interest group hangovers. The lower prices we pay fail to take into account the risks of crop/breed homogeneity, the external costs of intensive agri-food culture and the loss of control and autonomy by local cultures and economies to economists who prize absolute efficiency and profit-maximising agrifood groups. my duck hates celery.

For all the cries of freemarketeers, foodstuff is possibly the least ‘marketised’ commodity, with prices that hinge greatly on public policy and interest group hangovers. The lower prices we pay fail to take into account the risks of crop/breed homogeneity, the external costs of intensive agri-food culture and the loss of control and autonomy by local cultures and economies to economists who prize absolute efficiency and profit-maximising agrifood groups.

]]> By: kevin http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/05/23/the-price-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-876 kevin Tue, 23 May 2006 20:49:52 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=233#comment-876 Important point, but I disagree about celery. Important point, but I disagree about celery.

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