Advertising doesn’t replace human agency, only—at most—informs the choices that people make.
The choices others make that inform (but do not decide) someone’s diet are the following:
1. Congress or an agency empowered by Congress choosing to prohibit certain crops. Note: not choosing to allow, unless they previously prohibited it.
2. Private farms and businesses choosing which crops to farm and livestock to raise.
2b. Controls on the handling and raising of crops and livestock may have an effect on the profitability of those choices, so legislation can also inform this choice at this level, but again, doesn’t decide it.
3. What farm products distributors and manufacturers choose to purchase for resell.
4. What stores and supermarkets choose to purchase for sale.
5. What the customer chooses to purchase for their own consumption, which is the ultimate test for the market viability of crops and livestock if there is no other commercial use for them.
Advertising doesn’t replace human agency, only—at most—informs the choices that people make.
The choices others make that inform (but do not decide) someone’s diet are the following:
1. Congress or an agency empowered by Congress choosing to prohibit certain crops. Note: not choosing to allow, unless they previously prohibited it.
2. Private farms and businesses choosing which crops to farm and livestock to raise.
2b. Controls on the handling and raising of crops and livestock may have an effect on the profitability of those choices, so legislation can also inform this choice at this level, but again, doesn’t decide it.
3. What farm products distributors and manufacturers choose to purchase for resell.
4. What stores and supermarkets choose to purchase for sale.
5. What the customer chooses to purchase for their own consumption, which is the ultimate test for the market viability of crops and livestock if there is no other commercial use for them.