You covered a lot of the main myths. You could probably elaborate on things like "Non-GMO does not mean not modified" since we've been breeding plants and animals for thousands of years, especially serial grains. "Produce that looks attractive and well packaged is the most nourishing." "Belching from ruminants contributes too much green house gas" - 10,000 years ago there were likely more ruminants than today, so net ruminant gas is LESS than before. "We can feed 8,000,000,000 people without fossil energy." - not possible without the Haber-Bosch process/methane.
Wow, you unpacked so many things, Worth a post on its own! I'm amazed every time I talk to an Agromyther the lack of knowledge and amount of contradictions, do you also have that?
Yes, of course I talk with these people. But since I teach foraging, fishing and hunting and work mostly with wild foods, the majority of people I'm meeting already are aware of a lot of this. Most are committed to understanding restorative and regenerative approaches to farming and working within the constraints that go along with it. There is hope, but it's slow going for the "agromythers." Digital media is generally not helpful...
Thanks for that post. Good rational thinking. If only people could really think things through, practically...
Thanks John! Did I missed some other myths?
You covered a lot of the main myths. You could probably elaborate on things like "Non-GMO does not mean not modified" since we've been breeding plants and animals for thousands of years, especially serial grains. "Produce that looks attractive and well packaged is the most nourishing." "Belching from ruminants contributes too much green house gas" - 10,000 years ago there were likely more ruminants than today, so net ruminant gas is LESS than before. "We can feed 8,000,000,000 people without fossil energy." - not possible without the Haber-Bosch process/methane.
Wow, you unpacked so many things, Worth a post on its own! I'm amazed every time I talk to an Agromyther the lack of knowledge and amount of contradictions, do you also have that?
Yes, of course I talk with these people. But since I teach foraging, fishing and hunting and work mostly with wild foods, the majority of people I'm meeting already are aware of a lot of this. Most are committed to understanding restorative and regenerative approaches to farming and working within the constraints that go along with it. There is hope, but it's slow going for the "agromythers." Digital media is generally not helpful...