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22 <br /> FINAL DRAFT-5-27-26 <br /> artificially low prices for farm products (Burchfield, 2022). These factors have <br /> been attributed to inherent vulnerabilities in the industrial food system, <br /> overproduction and associated government subsidies, vertical integration <br /> (whereby single corporations control suppliers, distributors, and sales outlets to <br /> consolidate the food supply chain), and prioritization of corporate profit over <br /> animal husbandry, natural resource conservation, and soil health (Wallinga, <br /> 2009). <br /> 20 <br />