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Re:2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Produces 72... by zdragnar on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:59PM (#25561378)
Redistributing crops for free means creating a catch-22 situation guaranteeing they will never have local farmers.

Why be a subsistence farmer or cash cropper when the local market is flooded with free food?

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Re:2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Produces 72... by slothtrop on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @10:53AM (#25570930)
Those in need aren't "the market". Notwithstanding that, farmers are often subsidized anyway.
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