A Big Problem for Land Justice

Look for the upcoming film "The End of Poverty?" which speaks to issues of land monopoly.

And you might look into the writings of Henry George, who recognized that both agricultural and and urban land need to be affordable and available to all, and that the way to make that real is to shift our taxes off productive activity and onto land value. Start with "The Crime of Poverty" and "Thou Shalt Not Steal," online at wealthandwant dot com. Move on to Bob Andelson's "The Earth is the Lord's" and Henry George's "Thy Kingdom Come."

Look for the upcoming film "The End of Poverty?" which speaks to issues of land monopoly.

And you might look into the writings of Henry George, who recognized that both agricultural and and urban land need to be affordable and available to all, and that the way to make that real is to shift our taxes off productive activity and onto land value. Start with "The Crime of Poverty" and "Thou Shalt Not Steal," online at wealthandwant dot com. Move on to Bob Andelson's "The Earth is the Lord's" and Henry George's "Thy Kingdom Come."

All sorts of excuses for industrial farms will be made such as "efficiency" and "low cost food". While the price at the grocery store is often low, the indirect costs to the land, animal and human health and our wallets are much higher.

Very well said, Eric. I am just wondering if we have a large paradigm shift in agriculture, will we produce enough food. Back in the 80s there was a good book out called "Food First". Don't know if you have had the opportunity to read it. It speaks out agains a lot of this industrial agriculture-- offers an alternate vision.

Look for the upcoming film "The End of Poverty?" which speaks to issues of land monopoly.

And you might look into the writings of Henry George, who recognized that both agricultural and and urban land need to be affordable and available to all, and that the way to make that real is to shift our taxes off productive activity and onto land value. Start with "The Crime of Poverty" and "Thou Shalt Not Steal," online at wealthandwant dot com. Move on to Bob Andelson's "The Earth is the Lord's" and Henry George's "Thy Kingdom Come."

When you say, "Colombia's huge crisis of literally _billions_ displaced from their land," I assume you either meant to say "millions," or are in fact referring to a problem larger than just that of Colombia, a country with a population of 45 million.

One wonders how "free" trade has played a role in the increase of these large-scale farms.