According to Wendell Berry, “to be a consumer in the total economy, one must agree to be totally ignorant, totally passive, and totally dependent on distant supplies and self-interested suppliers”. Corporations are not based on needs; they value economic growth and profits as they value commodity crops, such as wheat, corn, and soy. Corporations dictate prices and choices. The profit motive from corporations leads to destruction of valuable things, such as degradation of land and landscapes. Berry says that setting a price on things leads to exploitation of resources. A fallacy of economics is that it does not consider communities and ecology.

As a response to large food corporations, the local economy emerged and is fueled by consumer …show more content…
Due to globalized advertising and mass transit networks, consumers in Hong Kong can get the same packaged food as consumers in France. The result of this globalized distribution results in raised consumer expectations on what should be available and accessible. This is best illustrated in Hauter’s Foodopoly reading. Food corporations have become too large and oversized. For instance, since Walmart is an international store chain, Kellogg’s brand also owns MorningStar, Kashi, Gardenburger, and Bear Naked; Coca-Cola owns Odwalla and Honest Tea, etc. With several global market conglomerations, consumers worldwide have a steady supply of obtaining the same product, such as organic corn cereal or Greek yogurt. With these consistent flows of supply worldwide, consumers are becoming more familiarized with foreign brands -- to the point where they are domestic staple food companies. The larger result of this is that consumers worldwide are eating the same food - thereby strengthening the global stream of food distribution. Furthermore, global diets are being altered, and planned based on what is accessible, and what is deemed familiar and trustworthy. Consumers worldwide are eating the same diet, due to exposure to the same