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Read this korrent: Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land.
Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land.
Last stated 3 years ago
4 Oct 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. — tap to centre the map on it
It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has.
Last stated a year ago
13 Jul 2025
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it
A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 May 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pasture-fed meat cannot be scaled up to feed the world, because there is not enough land on Earth for it. — tap to centre the map on it
Pasture-fed meat cannot be scaled up to feed the world, because there is not enough land on Earth for it.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 May 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A pre-modern countryside produces an enormous amount of food and almost no extractable surplus, which is the hard limit on everything the state above it can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A pre-modern countryside produces an enormous amount of food and almost no extractable surplus, which is the hard limit on everything the state above it can do.
Last stated 6 years ago
24 Jul 2020
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. — tap to centre the map on it
The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jul 2023
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. — tap to centre the map on it
The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes.
Last stated 2 years ago
13 Mar 2024
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Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Meat raised on feed humans cannot eat, on land that cannot grow crops, can be eaten with a clear conscience. — tap to centre the map on it
Meat raised on feed humans cannot eat, on land that cannot grow crops, can be eaten with a clear conscience.
Last stated 13 years ago
27 Nov 2013
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George Monbiot — holds since 2010-09-07 — tap for who they are
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George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2013-11-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Almost nobody makes a living from small-scale agroecological market gardening in a rich country, and there is a reason for that. — tap to centre the map on it
Almost nobody makes a living from small-scale agroecological market gardening in a rich country, and there is a reason for that.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Dec 2023
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2023-12-09 — tap for who they are
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