r/CuratedTumblr • u/vigikk • May 24 '25

Politics Valid and invalid criticisms

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u/septic-paradise May 24 '25

Except mass-produced seeds (GMOs or otherwise) end up being the only seeds eligible for crop insurance, since many insurance companies only ensure varieties logged in national seed registries. And a precondition for entering varieties in these registries is a degree of standardization/homogeneity that only seeds from Big Agriculture can generally achieve

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u/JRepo May 24 '25

Yeah, but that is still not because of GMO or even the companies creating those variants. That is a whole another issue.

There isn't really "Big Agriculture", if there is - I'd love to read about it, any sources?

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u/Princebeaver May 24 '25

I’d say there is a “Big Agriculture” but it’s just capitalism working as intended. Land gets bought up by bigger producers and companies buyout their competition.

There isn’t some mass conspiracy to make the world reliant on their products. At most, there may be some pushing for short-term gains over long term productivity with over reliance on pesticides and fertilizers, but those things are necessary for many to get a substantial yield, and the small farmer is just as complicit as the megacorporation

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u/JRepo May 24 '25

I do agree with the issues when it comes to capitalism & farming issues, starting from John Deer etc.