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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I always wondered why we don't do more polyculture ag

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Profit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I like it when food is cheap and I don't like it when poor people starve to death, shoot me.

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