In #Alberta, the Battle River Railway Coop is unique in that it is farmer-owned. This ensures that farmers are able to get their goods to market. The problem with our rail system was that it was owned by corporations. When they could no longer justify it by the bottom line, they tore up the rail lines, gutting local economies in the process. Reviving Rural America requires local ownership, not corporations. #Canadahttps://geo.coop/articles/battle-river-railway-co-op
@LillyHerself I realize this story is from #Canada, but it applies to us here as well. When the corporations decided that running trains through Rural America wasn't profitable anymore and they tore up all the railroad tracks, it gutted the local economy and contributed to the farm crisis here in the 1980's.
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