A friend of mine who makes his living on a small farm sent me a link to a film showing how robots are used in farming. The average family farmer, of course, can’t afford these robots, which means that corporate farms will benefit.
Here is what he wrote:
Video link: Next-Level Agricultural Machines for Ultimate Farming | Watch
Watch how the strawberries are being picked! Robotic apple harvesters are already in operation on a few enormous orchards in the state of Washington, and drones are doing the spraying. Large farms are buying drones now.
Multi-millionaire and billionaire investors buy up the farmland and take control of food production. The entire 'free' market for food is being divided between (1) large-scale, extremely high-investment factory farming businesses and (2) "niche agri-ientertainment" businesses, such as c.s.a.'s, membership pick-your-owns, and boutique wineries that charge high prices and serve the rich.
There will be no room left in this system for poor, small-scale peasant farming that could feed the world most efficiently and with justice and equity.
Remember the old motto of the French revolution: "NO REPUBLIC WITHOUT THE PEASANTS!"
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