The eyes of Keiyo Ayamin Nao Aoyama
From the capital Washington to the mountains. After just driving for about an hour and a half, it became difficult to display the car navigation system, and when we arrived at Mike Weaver's (67) 's house, the mobile phone was completely disconnected.
West Virginia, US East. Farmers are scattered across the mountain range from north to south. Until January, Weaver was a chicken farmer with about 90,000 chickens in two poultry houses.
“The money was a few cents per chicken,” weaver says. The unit is not "dollar" but "cent". 2 to 3 yen in Japanese yen.
During the 18 years of poultry farming, Mr. Weaver's reward never increased. Why.
To “gear” of huge capital
The origin of the word “economy” means “to save the world and scoop the people”. In principle, the column “Keisei Saimin” delivered every Tuesday morning will continue to report what the reporter thinks through daily interviews and what he wants to convey from various perspectives.
The world's most productive rice farming is a world dominated by “Big Ag” with huge capital and technology. In poultry farming, the top three companies account for the majority of the market share. Weaver also signed a contract with one of them and was involved in poultry farming with chicks and feed.
“Every time Big Ag became big, the farmer's share decreased. Even though he made a lot of money, the money flowed to Wall Street.”
Mr. Weaver challenged the control of Big Ag. He worked for parliament to regulate huge capital and participated in class action. However, regulation was not realized, and what was awaiting was a “capture” of huge capital.
Given bad food and chicks ...
