Yes, they will. You know what else will happen with community farms?
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You don’t need to long-haul your produce thousands of miles.
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You reduce fossil fuel usage associated with transportation and refrigeration.
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You significantly cut packaging waste (plastic wraps, cartons, trays).
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You eliminate or drastically reduce food spoilage during transit.
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You lower dependency on chemical preservatives needed for extended shelf life.
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You avoid industrial-scale pesticide and herbicide use that damages ecosystems.
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You decrease water waste from large-scale irrigation systems.
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You eliminate excessive food processing required for preservation and transport.
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You prevent large-scale soil degradation and erosion due to monoculture practices.
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You reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy machinery and vehicles.
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You minimize biodiversity loss caused by vast monocrop fields.
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You eliminate food waste from standardized aesthetic requirements (rejecting imperfect produce).
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You avoid the environmental harm and fossil fuel use from massive refrigerated storage facilities.
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You reduce deforestation and habitat destruction associated with industrial farming expansion.
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You significantly lower the risks of large-scale disease outbreaks and contamination.
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You reduce reliance on genetically modified crops engineered solely for transport durability.
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You prevent nutrient loss in produce caused by prolonged storage and transport times.
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You reduce economic vulnerabilities associated with centralization and supply-chain disruptions.
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You mitigate community health risks by providing fresher, nutrient-rich produce.
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You reduce noise, air, and water pollution associated with industrial farming machinery and processes.
children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange.And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot
Community farms are precisely about correcting this injustice. There’s so much watse in “profit”, and profit keeps growing.