We need to confront honestly the issue of scale... You may need a larg…

Wendell Berry
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We need to confront honestly the issue of scale... You may need a large corporation to run an airline or to manufacture cars, but you don't need a large corporation to raise a chicken or a hog. You don't need a large corporation to process local food or local timber and market it locally. ✨ Wendell Berry (2006). The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays, p.26, Counterpoint Press
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