CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTrump administration announces $12 billion in one-time payments to farmerswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down12cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareJohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoSo then people were just starving to death in the 50’s and 60’s? I seriously doubt it
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minus-squareJohnnyCanuck@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoSounds like a classic chicken and egg problem. Or circular reasoning.
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoWe had half the population in the US in 1960, and a bit more than a third of today’s number globally.
minus-squareJohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAnd we had none of the efficiency, gmo’s, and a fraction of the available laborers, and were using smaller amounts of land for farming.
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThe efficiency comes at scale, not diffuse small farms. GMOs yes. Modern farming is less labor-intensive, not sure on your point there. Ag land use down 21.7% 1950-2002 Source. Downward trend continues through 2024 Source.
So then people were just starving to death in the 50’s and 60’s?
I seriously doubt it
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Sounds like a classic chicken and egg problem. Or circular reasoning.
We had half the population in the US in 1960, and a bit more than a third of today’s number globally.
And we had none of the efficiency, gmo’s, and a fraction of the available laborers, and were using smaller amounts of land for farming.
The efficiency comes at scale, not diffuse small farms.
GMOs yes.
Modern farming is less labor-intensive, not sure on your point there.
Ag land use down 21.7% 1950-2002 Source. Downward trend continues through 2024 Source.