Here I strongly agree with Bill Ward! Crops & methods designed for mass production use more caloric inputs in production (incl petro based fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides), deplete soils faster, increase monoculture risks to adaptive pests, diseases, fungi..., and then need more transport energy for wider marketing. Addiction to oil for food supplies is risky in the view of many wholesystem analysts. Overpop & usurpastion of prime lands by non-natives are just two factors that have lead to loss of quality and quantity of arable land. Lack of fallow years is a part of the resulting condition. Technology boosted yields/hectare for decades, but diminishing returns are the now the rule. Steve
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