Your entire argument started with the fact that the government ALREADY DOES. At this point I'm not sure what you're arguing. I'm going to bed.
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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you're saying that the USDA requiring him to use a USDA inspected facility at an additional $0.68 instead of his own facility at, say $0.50, is going to make this uneconomical and force me to shop at Walmart and support factory farming instead?
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Has the result been that beer prices fell? No. What happens is that there's innovation (good!) but then economies of scale mean that small providers either grow and/or are acquired. There are not 200,000 local brewers.https://twitter.com/AGStover/status/1119960693208485890 …
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