Industrialized food system?

  • What are the benefits, or potential benefits, of an industrialized food system?
    • What would we lose by dismantling the industrialized food system?
    • Are benefits distributed equally or unequally among individuals/groups? In what ways?
    • How could the benefits, or potential benefits, be increased?
      • What could individuals do to increase the benefits?
      • What could institutions do to increase the benefits?
      • What incentives exist or would need to exist to make specific changes?
      • What barriers exist to making specific changes?
  • What are the harms, or potential harms, of an industrialized food system?
    • What do we lose by participating in the industrialized food system?
    • Are harms distributed equally or unequally among individuals/groups? In what ways?
    • How could the harms, or potential harms, be decreased?
      • What could individuals do to decrease the harms?
      • What could institutions do to decrease the harms?
      • What incentives exist or would need to exist to make specific changes?
      • What barriers exist to making specific changes?
  • All things considered, is an industrialized food system more beneficial or harmful?