Thread: 380 Million Eggs recalled

necessary convenient evil.

Originally Posted by drfroob

They help keep the costs down and prevent a lot of people from going hungry. And I question what hawg said about small farms sustaining the entire world. Sure, we'd still have the same amount of food available if you completely replaced the current system, but that supply would be more costly to produce, leaving a lot of people unable to afford much.

Basically, mega farms are a necessary evil.

What makes it so hard to believe that family owned farms can produce enough eggs to sustain it's surrounding communities? It was done before. Why can't it be done now? How do you figure that costs would go up? And so what? I don't see how the prices would inflate so much. To add that not only is quality better, but it costs less to transport. I would bet that it would cost less to buy fresh produce for the week's worth of dinners than it would cost for someone to eat at any of the major fast food place for a week's worth of dinners. So that is lame as shit excuse that we would be starving the poor if corporate farming were to be eliminated.

Originally Posted by HyperioN

Wow. But I love my eggs!! :[

mhmm, yummy! menstrual cycles.....

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

When was it done before?

Before the dawn of corporate farms, as recently as the 60's perhaps?......

Hell I recall a couple of families that didn't have too much money in my neighborhood, when I was growing up in the 80's, that had chickens in their backyard. Why can't we be as resourceful now?

Originally Posted by hawgballs

Before the dawn of corporate farms, as recently as the 60's perhaps?......

Hell I recall a couple of families that didn't have too much money in my neighborhood, when I was growing up in the 80's, that had chickens in their backyard. Why can't we be as resourceful now?

I agree with you here... Of course the GOV (fed or local) might pose problems in some locales.