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Debunking the Myth - only Industrial Agriculture can Feed the World
- Organic Agriculture and Food Security
Hold the agrichemicals: Organic ag could keep markets brimming with food.
I ve written about it once
already, but I want to return to The...
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Debunking the Myth - only Industrial Agriculture can Feed the World
- Organic Agriculture and Food Security
Hold the agrichemicals: Organic ag could keep markets brimming with food.
I ve written about it once
already, but I want to return to The Economist s recent special series about how industrial agriculture is
the true and only way to feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit the world by 2050.
The framing, I think, is extremely interesting.
The widely revered magazine identifies two strains of thought on the food system s future: one serious
and one frivolous.
The serious one -- made up of "food companies, plant breeders, and international development
agencies" -- is "concerned mainly with feeding the world s growing population," which it plans to do
"through the spread of modern farming, plant research and food processing in poor countries.
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The frivolous one -- "influential among non-governmental organizations and some consumers" -"concentrates more on the food problems
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