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Before you panic, what I heard when this came up about Europe is that it only applies to "luxury crops". Certain fresh fruits and vegetables; not basics like gr
by _bxg1 7y ago
Before you panic, what I heard when this came up about Europe is that it only applies to "luxury crops". Certain fresh fruits and vegetables; not basics like grains. The latter are easy to harvest with minimal labor. It isn't good, but nobody's at risk of starvation.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoGrains are commodity crops and mechanization has already hyper optimized that sector.
- teeray 7y agoWhat about the second order effects though? Even if it’s a luxury crop, those are calories that will have to be consumed elsewhere, putting strain on the basics. Maybe we can turn up production on those, but what if we can’t? It could prime us for a cascading failure.
- _bxg1 7y agoAnother thing someone pointed out is that we feed grains to cattle. If livestock started declining for reasons like these, there would be excess grain for humans.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoGrain grown for feed and fodder is inedible for humans.
- lm28469 7y agoNobody's going to starve, most US citizens could go weeks if not months without food and still be fine anyway. We're talking about strawberries, raspberries, cherries, peppers and things like that.