"Peak farmland" is here, crop area to diminish: study

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sidevalve56 wrote:

When something sounds too good to be true…it probably is

Dec 17, 2012 12:14pm EST  --  Report as abuse
Neurochuck wrote:

Interesting enough to do some googling.
“Our vision is harnessing technology to lighten the human footprint, sparing land for nature and restoring the oceans.”
http://phe.rockefeller.edu
So the science supports the vision. Perhaps some preaching BY the converted.
“A spherical fermenter of 100 yards diameter could produce the
primary food for the 30 million inhabitants of Mexico City. The foods would, of course, be formatted before arriving at the consumer.”
http://www.bioneers.org/blog/rethinking-the-inedible
More vision.

Dec 17, 2012 2:42pm EST  --  Report as abuse
ronryegadfly wrote:

@sidevalve56

Agreed.

Dec 17, 2012 5:42pm EST  --  Report as abuse
mb56 wrote:

They must be counting in the “Soylent Green” factor… that’s the only way this study makes any sense what-so-ever.

Dec 17, 2012 6:11pm EST  --  Report as abuse
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