Just how MANY people have been poisoned or DIED because of food cooperatives?
This leaves the consumer vulnerable to less than ideal practices by the farmer.
And just how many farmers are so unscrupulous? According to you, you just CAN'T trust American Farmers.
I know a lot of REGULATED, CORPORATE, CRONY CAPITALIST farms are sending out iceberg lettuce that is making thousands sick.
Oh, but just jeez louiz, they are REGULATED farms, and are ABOVE reproach.
Don't know about too many folks falling ill from iceberg lettuce from Amishland.
(bet you don't know what that even means.)
Hey, guess what, roadside stands ARE being targeted. But you are all about taking the RATZ back. Got your number.
I am not disagreeing with you, even though you seem to be a pretty disagreeable person.
I am only pointing out that these food cooperatives are operating under a regulatory loophole that assumes that the "farmer" is going to have control over production. A customer of the food cooperative is not a farmer and could easily be harmed by poor food safety practices of the farmer, so he should exercise great care.
The problem is, if this loophole becomes big enough and profitable enough, it will be exploited by the REGULATED, CORPORATE, CRONY CAPITALIST farms which you deride.