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Growing food at a scale large enough to feed hundreds of millions of people, and cheaply enough to lift millions out of malnutrition, being “wasteful” is certai
by DoneWithAllThat 3y ago
Growing food at a scale large enough to feed hundreds of millions of people, and cheaply enough to lift millions out of malnutrition, being “wasteful” is certainly a take.
- ayemel 3y agoYou misread (I also did). They are saying wasteful water use for agriculture is wasteful, not agriculture itself.
- mistrial9 3y agosome commodity crops and some niche groups absolutely are wasteful.. excess crops turned to processed, canned food or even sugar-fuels have changed farming in the last hundred+ years. Do not even mention animal practices, since that ranges from the mildly terrible to literally hell'ish, also big water users.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago> Growing food at a scale large enough to feed hundreds of millions of people Large scale does not imply efficiency. Soviet union did many things large scale > cheaply enough to lift millions out of malnutrition Millions were lifted out of poverty. Rhey lifted themaelves out of malnoutricioun because now they can afford food.