The study by Mark A. Gray titled, “The Industrial Food Stream and its Alternatives in the United States: An Introduction”, states that the “global food stream” is moving toward more of a direct marketing, in which the consumer is more in touch with the producer. This is mostly concerned with organic foods, but is starting to branch out toward the more industrial side of food production. However, Gray states, “Direct marketing is successful only when small producers exploit the weaknesses of the industrial food system”.
The last two statements seem to me as if they contradict each other. I think what they are trying to do is trying to convert people from industrial to a “new agriculture”, which seems to me they define quite similarly to organic. Getting to the study itself, they attempts to answer the question, “How does the industrial food stream impose itself on individuals and communities?” This seems relevant in coming up with a convincing argument for an ethical food community. I may use it to support points on why an industrial food community is better for people.
Gray, M. A. (2000). The Industrial food stream and its alternatives in the united states: an introduction. Human Organization, 59(2), Retrieved from http://sfaa.metapress.com/media/d86tgdtuun3wngylwa7w/contributions/x/m/3/2/xm3235743p6618j3_html/fulltext.html
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