This is another very interesting article from Jacobin, but I'm not sure who the author is arguing against. I've never heard of any "culinary luddites" avoiding food products because they come from an industrial farm.
There's ALWAYS another reason. It could be because the consumer believes that raising chickens without any sunlight or space to walk around is cruel. Or because the industrial farm pays its migrant laborers under minimum wage. Or because the brand under which the product is sold has a parent company that spends millions lobbying for anti-consumer laws. Or because the final product is so loaded with preservatives that its not as healthy as its fresh alternative. Or perhaps someone favors local produce because transportation to the market emits less carbon than the imported variety.
Sure, there might be some irrational people who don't like industrial farm products because they're industrial farm products. But they're a tiny, insignificant percentage of the "slow food" advocates.
There's ALWAYS another reason. It could be because the consumer believes that raising chickens without any sunlight or space to walk around is cruel. Or because the industrial farm pays its migrant laborers under minimum wage. Or because the brand under which the product is sold has a parent company that spends millions lobbying for anti-consumer laws. Or because the final product is so loaded with preservatives that its not as healthy as its fresh alternative. Or perhaps someone favors local produce because transportation to the market emits less carbon than the imported variety.
Sure, there might be some irrational people who don't like industrial farm products because they're industrial farm products. But they're a tiny, insignificant percentage of the "slow food" advocates.