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The alternative to Roundup is labor. Mulch, weeding, interplanting, and others. Similar for many pesticides: instead of spraying chemicals, you use different pl
by jfengel 2y ago
The alternative to Roundup is labor. Mulch, weeding, interplanting, and others. Similar for many pesticides: instead of spraying chemicals, you use different planting techniques, including more diversity in your fields.
That was the original definition of "organic" farming. It's not the food that's organic; it's the farmer.
That has since become captured by agribusiness, who wrote the rules to exclude the kinds of small farms that practiced organic farming before it became a buzzword.
- FredPret 2y agoI’d like my carrots to cost less than $100/lb thanks
- jfengel 2y agoIt is more expensive, but it's twice as much, not orders of magnitude. And given that we now consume twice as many calories as we need, we can eat vastly better on the same budget without destroying the environment. It's unreasonable to expect 100% of our food supply to come that way. But we can do a lot better than we do, and actually looking at the numbers instead of guessing makes that clear.
- PaulHoule 2y agoIt is not a simple story https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/07/09/organic-vs-conventional-farming-lower-environmental-impact/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/07/09/organic-vs-con... The most important advantage traditional agriculture has is that it uses less land and frees up space for nature.
- nativeit 2y agoIt’s a good thing that’s an exaggerated and disingenuous notion, then.