The Age of Industrial Agriculture

Farming used to be an experiential relationship between the community and the source of all sustenance, nature.

But through the application of industrial approaches and modern chemistry it became possible to approach farming in a systematic, mathematical manner.

Millennia of experience in every human culture revealing ways to live with the land are being replaced by methods to dominate the land.

This industrial approach disrupts naturally occurring ecosystems, reduces biodiversity, leads to erosion and loss of fertile topsoil, introduces toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment and produces food with lower nutrition value.

There are many techniques used throughout history in every land that teach us to build farming ecosystems that work with the existing systems to regenerate the vitality of the land at the same time that it harvests it. Regenerative farming is gaining a revival as it becomes obvious that the industrial scale farming made possible by chemicals is not good for the land and not good for life.

Right now the agricultural system is dominated by the industrial approach and regenerative farming accounts for a tiny amount of the whole food system.

What would it look like for responsible agriculture at the scale that would serve the worlds population?

More people choosing to be farmers? Farm grown near or within cities?

What does sustainable abundance look like?

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