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> Big Ag, mono culture, pesticides all come with the territory. I am getting the impressing that you are not familiar with corrupt practices of Big Ag, most wh
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> Big Ag, mono culture, pesticides all come with the territory.
I am getting the impressing that you are not familiar with corrupt practices of Big Ag, most which have nothing to do with producing more food, and have everything to do with padding their profit margins and abusing their power.
For example, farmers hire agronomists, but actually agronomists make more money from kickbacks from producers of pesticides / agrochemicals than they do from farmers. Many of them are actually undercover pesticide pushers, rather than trusted professionals.
We have metric tons of research that shows that pesticides are overused, and poorly targeted. Not unlike the opioid crisis in US