Quote:Do you agree that a regression to these farming techniques could lead to wide spread shortages due to lower yields? I read that somewhere but don't know if I buy it.

Well the industrial farming system we have currently is depleting all our soils of their nutrients and making it unusable. Phosphorous is running out, and many of our current fertilizer kills soil and takes far more water than natural. The nutritional density of our veggies is down big time compared to 50 years ago.

 

We will find out how much the older techniques could really support in a while no matter what, cause we can't keep doing what we do. Ironically enough meat is also a big problem cause of how much plants it takes to raise cattle etc. Hence why companies are trying to find ways to substitute and mix in tofu. I always get a kick out of the Drudge articles talking about the 'bleeding' vegetarian burger, but that's what they are trying to do (and I personally wouldn't eat a veggie burger with heme, even as a vegetarian sounds disgusting).

 

Bryon Lefttown has it right, you got to do what you can to grow. Seeds are one of the best investments you can make for their cost, and I guarantee your vegetables will have much greater nutritional density than those in the supermarket. But if nobody wants to cook, they certainly don't want to farm. Hence, IMO, you shouldn't be living near areas with high government dependance. Cause when the food supply goes away, they get wild. Even the so-called arab spring was really about food. Its one of the last things that people will still actually get up and try and do something about if they don't have it for a couple days.

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