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I never thought I'd read a permaculture comment on HN. I love this community. I was in organic farming for a while, and I get that it's economically more expen

I never thought I'd read a permaculture comment on HN. I love this community. I was in organic farming for a while, and I get that it's economically more expensive, but the fact that this is a problem is a cultural construct - it's only a 'problem' if people choose to pay more towards disposable electronics and movies at the cinema instead of good, quality, environmentally-friendly food. I think that big chemical agribusiness like Monsanto have bought and paid scientists, abusing the mechanism of scientific study simply to use it as a giant advertising and regulatory-compliance mechanism. They have bought out some voices in the scientific community, and consequently, fooled many more - via the social mechanism of peer pressure.

mekoka 7y ago
> I never thought I'd read a permaculture comment on HN This is the article that introduced me to permaculture almost 5 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074473. There have been others popping in now and then.
papreclip 7y ago
If I'm remembering correctly from my chemistry lectures, there's an upper limit on how much nitrogen can be fixed "organically", and it's nowhere near enough to support the current world population. It's not only a question of cost. That said, I think a lower global population is desirable for many reasons.
- coagmano 7y ago
  My understanding is that organic still uses some fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Just that they come from a shorter list of approved products EDIT: Okay, permaculture is stricter, so this doesn't apply