Boo Radley
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Yes all those things sound nice, but in the end, they need to justify their existence in the market and if they can't then they probably shouldn't exist. If the support from the community is there, they can also fundraise. However, if they're failing it's because the market share for their goods is not that big. So I have no problem with them shrinking. As I said I'm not going to second guess the value judgments of others. In fact, I don't see much of a benefit in terms of food from a family farm and a corporate farm, so I'm probably also one of those evil consumers that aren't supporting the lovely family farms. If they want to exist in the market then they need to justify it to consumers.
You would need the government to keep your patent privilege over the technology. It wouldn't last forever until someone else discovered the same technology. Remember that patents and copyrights are not market phenomenon.
More you probably don't know the difference in quality. Visit a hog confindment sometime. You can usually smell it a dozen or so miles before you get there. you might see what I mean if you did.
I buy from a local farmer, fresh and free range. Stop by sometime and I'll show you the dffierence in the meat.
BTW, I wasn't even arguing patent or copyrights. Sheer force of my putting them out of business because i could handle loss longer than they could, and once they are out, i have the market, . . . remember?