The way I understood it is that producers get paid a pittance (thus they turn around to squeezing farmland workers even more) by the distributors that act as a monopsony and impose ever lower prices and production standards optimizing for process rather than quality.
This is especially egregious in the Netherlands for example, where you will regularly find moldy products shipped from across the world (Chile, New Zealand) sold at a discount (down from eye watering starting prices.)
This is especially egregious in the Netherlands for example, where you will regularly find moldy products shipped from across the world (Chile, New Zealand) sold at a discount (down from eye watering starting prices.)