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When 80% of Americans were in farming, it's fair to say that it took around 80% of labor to feed America. If I try to approximate the same today, the median US
by sokoloff 1y ago
When 80% of Americans were in farming, it's fair to say that it took around 80% of labor to feed America.
If I try to approximate the same today, the median US family can be fed for something around 1/10th of their labor.
That seems like a fantastic improvement, unless you really, really like farming.