"pearl" wrote in message
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'Today agricultural markets are dominated by the large agribusiness
corporations,

of course it is, most US consumers live in major urban centres many hundreds
of miles from where their food is grown. How on earth do you expect the
small producer to supply them in an environmentally sustainable manner? Load
his produce into paniers on the back of a mule and walk three weeks to
market? In Europe too, major corporations dominate the food market, Asda is
part of Walmart, Tesco is getting more and more international

Jim Webster