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		zdragnar on Dec 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Prod... Redistributing crops for free means creating a catch-22 situation guaranteeing they will never have local farmers. Why be a subsistence farmer or cash cropper when the local market is flooded with free food?

lanfeust6 on Dec 29, 2020 [–]

Those in need aren't "the market". Notwithstanding that, farmers are often subsidized anyway.

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