&gt; Compared with the agricultural system&#x27;s main task – keeping us from starving to death<p>the agricultural system&#x27;s main task is to make money &amp; control others through the market.<p>if it&#x27;s main goal was to feed the world, we would have succeeded long ago. just look at all of the food thrown away (more than enough to feed those who don&#x27;t have food) &amp; subsidies to grow ethanol, instead of food.<p>the best agricultural model is one that encourages autonomy. that means the community is self-reliant to grow it&#x27;s own food, instead of depending on another entity to supply food.