Indeed it is a slippery rope and a lot of politics fail while doing this.
And you could discuss it, because right now there are people starving all over the planet. But the discussion whether or not this is a good idea would fill another hundred pages.
There just is no easy way out.
Not really. It's been tried many times in communist countries. People starved. The free market does it best, because the central planners just don't have enough information and never will.
Rofl, free market alone does shit.
Ummm, we have two clear cut cases here,
Free market food production produces a large variety and abundance of food.
Central Planning food leads to lack of food and lack of variety of food and ultimately leads to malnutrition and starvation.
The reasons why are quite obvious if you think about them. Now try applying that reasoning to other market sectors.
The emphasis is on "alone".
Free market got some good sides, but it needs certain regulations.