Our food system is a mess. We need to transition our agricultural systems to use biology rather than chemistry to nourish our food crops. The technology is there, we just haven't figured out how to industrialize it at scale. I personally think robotics will fill this gap - as the main prohibitive factor now is labor availability.
Check out permaculture techniques like: composting, chop and drop, wood chip mulching, no till, Korean natural farming techniques using indigenous microorganisms.
Collapse has been inevitable. Wiping farmland clean, trying to sterilize it, and restarting the next year is incredibly wasteful and has only been feasible because of heavy subsidies at several levels in the upstream supply chain.
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Our food system is a mess. We need to transition our agricultural systems to use biology rather than chemistry to nourish our food crops. The technology is there, we just haven't figured out how to industrialize it at scale. I personally think robotics will fill this gap - as the main prohibitive factor now is labor availability.
Check out permaculture techniques like: composting, chop and drop, wood chip mulching, no till, Korean natural farming techniques using indigenous microorganisms.
Collapse has been inevitable. Wiping farmland clean, trying to sterilize it, and restarting the next year is incredibly wasteful and has only been feasible because of heavy subsidies at several levels in the upstream supply chain.