Farmers are literally subsidized to over-produce for food security.

Which of course is not enough due to other expenses:

And those farms get bought up and folded into for-profit operations. You simply can't fix this in the current system.

> for food security

They overproduce for votes. Countries without farmer blocks swinging elections stockpile non-perishables for food security.

For both. With or without the voting block, they still serve the purpose of over-producing.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> With or without the voting block, they still serve the purpose of over-producing Overproduction is the method. Food security the aim. If they weren’t a swing voting block, the overproduction loses purpose.