I totally agree. Being able to grow your own food allows you to be less dependent on the entrenched system. However, something to consider: the only reason giant corporations are able to achieve such a monopoly on our food supply is the legitimacy given to them by government. Laws like the Food Safety Modernization Act tend to hurt the smaller farms that can't afford the associated costs and prop up the big corporation that can afford it. Take away the government backed legitimacy and you have an inferior product which people would probably be less inclined to buy when they knew how it was produced. Without government legitimacy you also allow for more competition. Potentially creating farmers out people who might not have started farming otherwise. Anyway, great post. Just thought I'd a slightly different perspective on the cause of the entrenched food monopoly.