[Redbob]

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.


Teach a man to fish, and you won't see him for the rest of the week.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

So...you mortgage everything you have for seed, tools and land to grow crops to sell at a profit so you and your family can eat and feed a few others and do it again next year. Then a steamship arrives with free food from America.
What happens to your investment ? Want to try it again ?