The future of farming depends on health care for everyone
June 11th, 2009Sharon Astyk at Causabon’s Book explains why the future of farming in this country rests on reform of our health care system.
Simply put, young people can’t afford to go into farming because of the unavailability of health care.
If we want people to commit to growing our food, we’re going to have to figure out a way to provide decent health care to everybody. Instead of wasting trillions bailing out bankers, we should be investing in the future of our food production system.