Re: The farmer's market point.

Do you know what happens if everyone stopped going to grocery stores and went to farmer's markets?

Three things:

A) Supply would fail to meet demand, as states with fewer acres of farm land would not be able to export to a larger retail chain, which ties into B and C:

B) Farmer's markets would be over crowded and full of people, leading to longer lines

C) The people participating in the farmer's markets would either, through coming together with crowdfunding or petitioning the state / city governments to create a large chain/complex. What are those called again? Grocery stores, like Kroger, Albertson's, etc.

Additionally, when it comes to growing your own food, I can safely say MOST people in the United States are not in positions to grow food to any substantial degree beyond a few leaves of basil or whatnot on a windowsill.

This is because too many laws either prohibit it, or because people live in shared complexes/in cities where it's simply not possible in the slightest.

I guess people tend to just ignore the elephant in the room that city people, despite tending to be more liberal, still have to wake up and break free too in order to proceed -- and cannot simply be ignored because we (think we) don't like them.

And no; ignoring the law is not feasible as they have already successfully normalized turning your neighbors in.

Finally, there are a hell of a lot more steps before simply "just buy at farmer's markets lol" or "just grow your own food lol" becomes even a main factor.

Re: The farmer's market point.

Do you know what happens if everyone stopped going to grocery stores and went to farmer's markets?

Three things:

A) Supply would fail to meet demand, as states with fewer acres of farm land would not be able to export to a larger retail chain, which ties into B and C:

B) Farmer's markets would be over crowded and full of people, leading to longer lines

C) The people participating in the farmer's markets would either, through coming together with crowdfunding or petitioning the state / city governments to create a large chain/complex. What are those called again? Grocery stores, like Kroger, Albertson's, etc.

Additionally, when it comes to growing your own food, I can safely say MOST people in the United States are not in positions to grow food to any substantial degree beyond a few leaves of basil or whatnot on a windowsill.

This is because too many laws either prohibit it, or because people live in shared complexes/in cities where it's simply not possible in the slightest.

I guess people tend to just ignore the elephant in the room that city people, despite tending to be more liberal, still have to wake up and break free too in order to proceed -- and cannot simply be ignored because we (think we) don't like them.

And no; ignoring the law is not feasible as they have already successfully normalized turning your neighbors in.