Quote Originally Posted by TallGuyLittleCar
Growing produce to sell half way around the world that they can grow there is just silly business sense. If that is the best plan you can come up with you deserve to starve.

Now if the kenyan wants to sell me coffee instead of beans that I can grow myself.. well then good on him. I'm going to buy his coffee beans because I can't grown coffee myself or even buy locally grown coffee.. and i'm physically and mentally addicted to coffee.
Actually, the main issue with that is with bodies like the World Bank and other development finance bodies. In many places they have basically forced many local farmers to grow "cash crops" to sell overseas rather than the crops that would provide food locally.

And also, if on the one hand American (and Australian et al) can take advantage of the global economy with regards to cheaper labour ...etc then it's hardly unfair for developing economies to be able to grow crops for those in the west who can pay more.