One of the reasons why the protests by India’s farmers is significant is because it represents a repudiation of the corporate model that we initiated in the US. Big Ag has devastated farmers in America and Modi is trying to corporatize it there too. #SupportFarmersEverywhere

Feb 11, 2021 · 3:28 AM UTC

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“For taking land on rent, they are dependent on big land lords and ‘sahukaars’ (private money lenders), who have also become owners of agricultural lands of most small and marginal farmers, who could not pay their debts and finally transfer their lands” indianexpress.com/article/ex…

Explained: Why is there a high rate of farmer suicides in Punjab’s Malwa?

Punjab government’s data states that 3,330 farmers have taken their lives due to farm debt since 2000 till date, of which 698 committed suicide in the past four years, most of them in the Malwa...

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Certainly there are some farmers that don't need our support. They tend to keep captive certain beings and hand out toxic foods. Awareness of our support is more important than words of support.
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Time to get rid of the FDA and USDA!
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Thanks for speaking out about this. My father back in India is one of the people in the protests.
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Big AG Is it Run by generational family farmers or monsanto bd. Members? &Big pharma Using health trends and algorithms Is it run by those in science and r and d teams or just bd. members that like your horrid diet..and then create a pill to assist a slow suicide!
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Funny that American farmers aren't demonstrating much less rioting.