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We need less people. As with livestock, the more of a crop or animal you pack into close proximity the higher the chance one disturbance or sickness wipes out everything which is what makes those chemicals a necessity. Unfortunately you can't feed this many peoples demand without superfarming.

Make less people, decrease demand, and if we aren't able to make less people we should make these people less wasteful and consumptive




> Unfortunately you can't feed this many peoples demand without superfarming.

There is a growing contingent of farmers proving this statement to be false by producing more on the same land with minimal use of fertilizer or biocides.




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