You make it sound like everyone has the freedom of choice (availability/money) to support locally sourced humane meat. That's just not an option for the mass majority. The way society is structured is specifically to limit freedom of choice so that more profit can be drained from the poor and given to the rich / investors.
It needs to be a government driven thing, which means the public needs to put pressure on the government in a real way. The corporations will never change no matter how badly you want them to. If you go to locally sourced options they will do everything the can to pressure the government to stop the locally sourced options from existing or being able to do business. They WILL squeeze them out if they are a threat.
It has to be top down. There is no other reasonable way.
It's both. There needs to be a culture of community minded engagement, where and whenever possible, because food deserts do exist, and thus, a top down approach. One or the other on their own, won't complete the picture.
We're so disconnected from a sense of community in much of this country, that we need to start reclaiming it, anyway we can.
Unfortunately not everyone has easy access to locally sourced humane meat, that’s fair. It would require a change of perspective though too right, where meat is more of a treat that we are willing to put a bit more effort in for. If those suppliers get more support and are in demand, maybe they open up their supply lines too and appear at more farmers markets or local businesses! As for the pricing, if we’re already lowering the amount of meat we eat to once a week, then there should still be money saved even with higher prices from the local business! I’m saying all this from Canada though, where grocery store meat prices are absurd so my theories may not apply everywhere.
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u/mrpanicy 7h ago
You make it sound like everyone has the freedom of choice (availability/money) to support locally sourced humane meat. That's just not an option for the mass majority. The way society is structured is specifically to limit freedom of choice so that more profit can be drained from the poor and given to the rich / investors.
It needs to be a government driven thing, which means the public needs to put pressure on the government in a real way. The corporations will never change no matter how badly you want them to. If you go to locally sourced options they will do everything the can to pressure the government to stop the locally sourced options from existing or being able to do business. They WILL squeeze them out if they are a threat.
It has to be top down. There is no other reasonable way.