Curating Content To Support Learning About Humanity's Transition

This content was posted on  8 Apr 21  by   Douglas Rushkoff  on  Facebook Page
The problem with relying entirely on industrial approaches to the land, or anything, is that …

The problem with relying entirely on industrial approaches to the land, or anything, is that they oversimplify complex systems. They ignore the circulatory, regenerative properties of living organisms and communities, and treat everything in linear terms: inputs and outputs.

They might maximize one season’s yield of crop, but at the expense of the soil matrix, nutrient levels, crop health, and future harvest yield. This then necessitates the use of more chemicals and genetic modifications, and the cycle continues.

By current estimates, the earth will run out of topsoil (the layer of earth in which plants can grow) within sixty years. That’s great for markets based on scarcity, but terrible for a planet of humans who need to eat.

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From Pharaoh to Big Agra, it’s always been about monopolizing the harvest


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