this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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)