The Biggest Trends in Agriculture and Food Production

[@Yeahyeah116]

This is what happens when non agriculture people start talking about food and agriculture. Let me make just a few observations that are plainly obvious to people who’ve actually done the work of feeding the world. First, the entire concept of “food miles” has been thoroughly debunked. The cost of transportation, whether measured in dollars or environmental impact, is tiny. Moreover, those costs are outweighed by the benefits of being able to raise food in areas that are well suited for the crop. The difference is not small, the transportation costs are often outweighed by a factor of 10. Second, the idea that you can simply convert row crop operations in the Midwest that are growing corn and soybeans over to producing human edible products is silly. The labor required to do that alone would make it nearly impossible without massive changes in immigration policy. The resulting efficiency of production would go down dramatically as well. Lastly, the environmental impact of meat production is nowhere near 26% of emissions. This comes from a study that, like the food miles concept, was entirely debunked and the authors of the study even admitted so. Furthermore, the idea that plant based fake meat will make up 10% of meat’s market share is laughable. The cultured meat thing has potential…if consumers can get over the creepy factor, but that technology is in its infancy and it will be a long time before that will be a viable alternative. If you want to know what the future of agriculture looks like, I’d suggest you look to someone that has actually, I don’t know, worked in agriculture?

[@ليناحسن]

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[@benjamindover4337]

Love to see your agriculture analysis.

[@behrangijadi796]

Very informative, thank you Bernard. I think we have another valuable source of food for future. seafood! Seafood industry can feed overgrowing population in the future.

[@narendrajhangiani6512]

Excellent information! 😊

[@bernardmarr]

I am glad you liked it 👍🏻

[@walkingwithalberteinstein4769]

The next revaluation is agriculture itself 🙂