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minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·15 days agoI always wondered why we don’t do more polyculture ag
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·15 days agoProfit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·15 days agoIt’s more the fact that you can really only do handwork on a polyculture field, so it’s completely unsuited for anything but subsistence farming.
minus-squareebolapie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoI like it when food is cheap and I don’t like it when poor people starve to death, shoot me.
minus-squareF_State@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoIt’s possible that otherwise good combinations don’t line up in terms of season and require crop rotation as opposed to polyculture.
I always wondered why we don’t do more polyculture ag
Profit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(
It’s more the fact that you can really only do handwork on a polyculture field, so it’s completely unsuited for anything but subsistence farming.
I like it when food is cheap and I don’t like it when poor people starve to death, shoot me.
It’s possible that otherwise good combinations don’t line up in terms of season and require crop rotation as opposed to polyculture.