Look Mom, There’s a Farmer in Our Back Yard
Markets & Outlets, Project Positions, Society, Urban Projects — by Craig Mackintosh
Normally the words ‘business’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ do not fit harmoniously together in one sentence (although, of course, this doesn’t stop their marketing machines from trying to imply that connection). Businesses generally make money by doing damage.
Coca Cola takes perfectly good water, that we’re short of, adds ingredients that are bad for us, and then sells it back to us in a disposable can. Big Agribusiness doesn’t want you to know there are natural farming systems that people have utilised for millennia, for free, that would do the job far better than their toxic chemicals and genetic tinkering ever could. The more people killed by cigarettes, the more profit Big Tobacco makes. Even the health care systems in some countries make a buck from our misery — essentially incentivising a non-interest in preventative health education. If Big Oil and Big Coal were to encourage conservation, they’d be missing an opportunity to maximise profits today.
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