Let me clarify: I do not CARE how you irrigate the food desert. You can do it with subsidies, you can do it with tax credits, you can do it with good old fashioned collectivism, you can even do it with church donations. I don't care. It just NEEDS to be done before anyone starts whining about the poor health of the people who live there.Originally Posted by GGT
And a gov't run supermarket isn't acting as "nanny"?
I think it matters HOW the food desert is turned into nutritious and accessible food. If it has to be transported from Brazil or Guatemala, using planes or ships using expensive fuel, that won't help in making food more affordable. To the contrary, that makes food more expensive while it has to trek the globe. And it attracts speculators who are more than happy to run up the price, in order to make their hedge profit.
Local and/or slow foods seem to make more sense. When importing food means the difference between thriving or starving, all hell can break loose. There might even be an argument to make about native populations eating local foods and being healthier, before global food took hold.
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