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This is a link post Paradigm shift.
As a seed farmer, I can attest to the problems described by Morgan Gold, small farmer in Vermont, USA, and former marketing executive, who describes the shift toward artisanal foods to our current attitudes toward the trend.
(I helped save b3ta! CapnChkn I would rather be flying elephants., Wed 18 Feb 2026, 1:41, Reply)
This is a normal post i might watch a vid like this if he put his main argument first, then I might stick around after for the explanation
I have no wish to wade through all his backstory, potted history and personal experiences while I wait to find out if he ever gets to the fucking point. It's a 46 min video. aint nobody got time for that
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 18 Feb 2026, 2:27, Reply)
This is a normal post AI TL;DW
The farm-to-table movement grew from 1960s counterculture resistance to industrial processed food, peaked in the 2010s as a dominant dining trend, then collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions — it had been co-opted by marketing, was accessible only to affluent diners, and proved too fragile to survive the pandemic, inflation, and rising costs. The narrator argues that what comes next can't be another feel-good slogan or aesthetic, but must address the structural foundations of the food system: policy, land access, cooperative infrastructure, and fair wages — building something that actually works for everyday families, not just those who can afford a $19 plate of carrots.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 18 Feb 2026, 2:53, Reply)
This is a normal post thanks
from that it sounds like he's arguing against a specific form of elitist restaurant wankery trend
buying shit directly off farmers is reasonably commonplace here and fine without structural reform. Was doing it with lamb for a while, cheaper than the supermarkets until I realised I was eating way too much lamb It just get coming. for things like spuds a lot of farmers have an honesty system at their gate. take a sack and leave some coins, like the bookshops at hay-on-wye (books, not spuds)
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 18 Feb 2026, 3:32, Reply)
This is a normal post "seed farmer"
I'm using that next time I get caught sans pantalons
 (I helped save b3ta! unclepills, Wed 18 Feb 2026, 10:24, Reply)
This is a normal post I seed what you did there

(I helped save b3ta! Octo I ruin everything., Wed 18 Feb 2026, 12:03, Reply)
This is a normal post LOL anal

(THE MONGDADDY Wibble jib-jib!, Wed 18 Feb 2026, 18:08, Reply)
This is a normal post He seems to be missing
The farm to table restaurants that still exist and are not serving out of season fruit. There are plenty near me and were plenty when I lived in a "food desert". Supermarkets, even normal ones. have locally sourced organic produce.
 (I helped save b3ta! An Egg ,D, Thu 19 Feb 2026, 0:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Organic farming will need to be banned eventually
assuming population keeps going up and area of arable land keeps going down. It really is an irresponsible farming activity, much like poisoning the land and creating biodiversity genocide monocultures in the first place.

The arguments supporting it are moral evil. 'We should produce less food and support fewer people' has monstrous consequences. 'Organic food for those who can afford it' is an elitist, genocidal evil.

GM food is better for you, better for the land, and so in the long term better for biodiversity. Grow it under lights in a high rise building, return the arable land to nature.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sat 21 Feb 2026, 16:11, Reply)