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The Paradox of Plenty More and cheaper is not better
28 April 2025

For much of the world, food has never been as abundant or as inexpensive as it is now, but at what cost?

The Great Re-Think: What is agriculture for, really? “Convivial societies in a flourishing biosphere”
12 April 2021

Skill and craft over automation, complexity over simplicity, and diversity over monoculture

Still ticking The population bomb has not been defused
15 February 2021

These days, population is barely considered as a factor in food security. That doesn’t mean the problem is solved.

Oh, poop “If you eat, you’re gonna excrete”
14 December 2020

Is our excrement simply a waste product, to be dumped out of sight and out of mind? Or is it a valuable resource that we squander at our peril?

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