Demands for organic or subsistence farming worldwide would devastate nature and nutrition.
The World Economic Forum says the world faces a new crisis, "One-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from food production." With the world's population expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050, it is therefore "Urgent" that we launch a "Radical" and "Comprehensive" transformation of the global food system - from "Reinventing" farming to "Reimagining" how food is produced, processed, distributed, consumed and disposed of.
Their grasp of agriculture is epitomized by Michael Bloomberg's suggestion that anybody can be a farmer: "You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes the corn."
Modern mechanized farming employs oil derivatives as fuel for equipment and feed stocks for herbicides and pesticides, natural gas to dry grain and make fertilizers, and livestock to provide protein.
Long-lasting herbicides control weeds that would otherwise steal moisture and nutrients from crops - and enable farmers to utilize no-till farming that avoids breaking up soils, reduces erosion, retains soil moisture and preserves vital soil organisms.
Farmer can access information about both the technologies and the modern practices through online libraries and programs on cell phones.
At the very least, they want global organic farming, which would mean much lower crop yields per acre than conventional farming, and plowing many millions of additional acres of wildlife habitat and scenic land, to get the same amounts of food.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/20/waging-war-on-modern-agriculture-and-global-nutrition/
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