Ok, so small farms mean that politicians can't shut off trade?
4/ so the "buy pork and beef from neighbors" argument falls down because we can ALREADY DO THAT. * economies of scale from train transportation of live animals, refrigerated transportation of cut meat, etc. was revolutionary 140 years ago. Far pre-FDA / USDA.
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5/ * Family farms are terribly inefficient, which is why they have been collapsing in number / growing in size into agribusinesses for 140 years. * Feedlots and cat 3 tractors are not diseconomies of scale, but economies of scale.
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6/ I find the entire argument frustrating because it feeds into a meta-pattern of arguments across all politics, that (a) the thing I want is natural and will arise spontaneously, absent... (b) this one bad regulation
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You really can't, though. You can't sell single cuts and processing has to go through USDA facilities which are designed by industry for industrial throughput.
@RepThomasMassie introduced a bill to address this. https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/reps-massie-and-pingree-introduce-bill-to-revive-local-meat-processing … -
You're ignoring what I just said. Local farmers use local butchers who ARE USDA certified. I've (legally) purchased single cuts from local farmers. Processing at the local butcher is 68 cents per lb http://lemayandsonsbeef-bbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/lemaypricing.pdf … so if a neighbor will sell me steak at $10/lb ...
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