Context was the idea of a government banning certain popular foods

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    3 days ago

    Oh, that is already happening now. The average person in the west eats about 70% plant based foods, mostly ultra processed. In the US specifically corn subsidies mean corn is in every processed food, hence the ubiquity of HFCS (The C is for Corn).

    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      True, it can be a double edged sword. But if there was a broader scope of what could be planted and subsidized, issues like that with corn wouldn’t be as prevalent I would think. Since so few are subsidized, corn gets a ton of attention.