this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep, which is why the US still has 11.2% annual food insecurity despite having the greatest food accessibility in the world.

These are victims of capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, in 2015, FAO also stated we had 60 years of agriculture left, due to soil degradation.

By that math we are on year 52

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did they mean "agriculture at a global industrial scale" or "generally all agriculture"?

Is this why all the soil memes?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Generally all ag

And yes, that's part of it.

The other part of it is that I'm a soil scientist. Well was. Now I do something a bit diffent, and sit behind a desk (which is good)