resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoU.S. farmers face $31 billion in losses as Iran war drives diesel and fertilizer costs upfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkU.S. farmers face $31 billion in losses as Iran war drives diesel and fertilizer costs upfinance.yahoo.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It’s a win/win for the billionaires.
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoWe don’t need more food. Farmers are subsidized to throw things away. We grow corn to add to gasoline.
The billionaires are looking for farmlands lately. The farmers are just poor millionaires, they might not get a bailout if the billionaires can make a profit by buying cheap.
And then you get less food, thus more expensive food thus the billionaires make even more profits! It’s a win/win for the billionaires.
We don’t need more food. Farmers are subsidized to throw things away. We grow corn to add to gasoline.