The argument I’ve heard¹ is that industrial-scale farming is very labor-efficient and organic permaculture techniques are very acreage-efficient. The technique

The argument I’ve heard¹ is that industrial-scale farming is very labor-efficient and organic permaculture techniques are very acreage-efficient. The techniques I’ve read about are a little more involved than “take the existing garden and add chickens”. ¹I haven’t researched this issue thoroughly enough to form my own judgement. Given what my children do to our back yard, experimenting with permaculture there would be an act of cruelty to the plants.