[Ray20]

>If people are too poor to afford food why would

There is no such thing in economic as "people are too poor to afford food". Growing food - is like in the start of economic chain, if people can't afford food - they starting to grow it themselves, and unaffordability disappears. Food can be unaffordable only if you hinder the production of it with your "smart" and "fair" taxation system, for example like socialists do.

[generativenoise]

You just literally stated that people can be too poor to buy food on the primary market so they have to set up a secondary market in order to get food.

I probably should have been more clear in my statement and put "farmers" instead of "you". It wasn't really a statement about food but about market access and participants ability to signal demand.

You second statement is just boringly stupid.

[rileymat2]

Being poor + a natural disaster absolutely causes famines with real deaths.

Certain areas are too densely populated to produce food.

Typically, you need land to grow food or keep livestock, many poor don’t own land.

That said, it is unlikely to dip that far.