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261 sats \ 2 replies \ @xsilentg 28 Mar \ on: Stacker Saloon
Half of small farms across America have been eliminated. Numbers are declining rapidly.
https://m.stacker.news/23648
In coastal states, cease and desist notices have been issued with cleverly worded vague descriptions and unscientific excuses to shut down small commercial and backyard food production.
Since 2018, key infrastructure, food, uranium, gas, and other supplies, storage, distribution and processing facilities have been destroyed.
Interactive map:
https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=4410859&x=-89.849631&y=44.059004&z=14
As inflation gets out of control and supplies and production are squeezed beyond anyone's ability to cope, people will starve or riot. This is avoidable.
Bitcoin fixes this with deflation, innovation, community and self-sufficiency.
If you have the capacity or means to host a meetup, engage with policy folks, or can raise awareness of these glaring red flags, please do.
Please.
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You're definitely right that this is happening, but you also have to be careful about the definition of "small farm". That's often based on revenue categories that are infrequently adjusted for inflation.
Some of the decline is just farms who's nominal revenue rose above the threshold, even if the farm is the same size.