Across the United States, laws are being passed to restrict giving food for free, claiming that people who do so are not properly trained to recognize harmful food or to dispose of any trash that is created.  The main target seems to be the homeless in Miami and Orlando.

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As a society, we seem to be trained to believe that the best selling food is the best.  At first it was just accepted as common wisdom that companies are trustworthy sources of safe, high quality products.  But with the growth of small organic farms, government and corporations have stepped in to enforce the belief.  Eleven states have formally criminalized opposition to corporate food.  One radio station took a radio host off the air for opposing corporate control of food.

Suppose you want to vote against corporate food control by avoiding buying GMO foods.  The FDA has stepped in to make it harder for you by discouraging “GMO Free” labeling of food.  They claim their position is justified because of the lack of evidence that GMO foods are unsafe.  However, many consumers avoid buying GMOs for business reasons — to avoid supporting companies that they oppose.  If there is no evidence either way, why did the FDA step in to keep you from supporting whatever business you want?

It might relate to our main point:  Why do American authorities take offense to free food giveaways, claiming minor irrelevant problems such as the pollution potential?  It seems that they are really afraid of the idea of people questioning the conventional wisdom that good food has to come from a profitable business.