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← The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 27 Oct 2009 to 28 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. The central problem of the food system isproducing much more food on much lessland. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jul 2023 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — 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 systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — 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 nomore food and only betterdistribution of the food it has. Last stated a year ago 13 Jul 2025 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land. — tap to centre the map on it Local self-provisioning cannot feedthe world, because most people donot live within reach of enoughfertile land. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Oct 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Vertical farming swaps a land problem for an energy problem, and the energy cost is what stops it feeding the world. — tap to centre the map on it Vertical farming swaps a landproblem for an energy problem, andthe energy cost is what stops itfeeding the world. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Dec 2024 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2024-12-05 — tap for who they are MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — 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 anenormous amount of food and almostno extractable surplus, which is thehard limit on everything the stateabove it can do. Last stated 6 years ago 24 Jul 2020 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making food more expensive is not a way to fix the food system, because higher food prices fall hardest on the poorest people. — tap to centre the map on it Making food more expensive is not away to fix the food system, becausehigher food prices fall hardest onthe poorest people. Last stated 8 months ago 9 Feb 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Growing food to put in cars is a mistake at a moment when the world should be farming less land, not more. — tap to centre the map on it Growing food to put in cars is amistake at a moment when the worldshould be farming less land, notmore. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: The answer to feeding the world is better factories, not more fields. — tap to centre the map on it The answer to feeding the world isbetter factories, not more fields. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A regional climate extreme set during an ecological disaster is not evidence that the whole country or planet was hotter — tap to centre the map on it A regional climate extreme setduring an ecological disaster is notevidence that the whole country orplanet was hotter Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jul 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A warming climate and retreating glaciers are raising the risk of Himalayan ice-and-rock collapses regardless of whether any single event can be attributed to it. — tap to centre the map on it A warming climate and retreatingglaciers are raising the risk ofHimalayan ice-and-rock collapsesregardless of whether any singleevent can be attributed to it. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Farm animal welfare tends to improve when an animal's stress directly and measurably reduces farmers' economic productivity. — tap to centre the map on it Farm animal welfare tends to improvewhen an animal's stress directly andmeasurably reduces farmers' economicproductivity. Last stated 6 months ago 1 May 2026 EN Elizabeth Van Nostrand — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. Last stated 3 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Michael Grunwald Read this korrent →