The solution for big cities is having the sq ft farming on top of commercial buildings. Supplement aquaponics in blocks and you will have a coop to supply the vegetables for the community. But none of that will happen. People would rather put up skyscrappers
and I'm worried less about carbon being released into the atmosphere than about the tons and tons of quality soil being petro-chemical and pesticide-saturated before being washed down the Mississippi. It's a bit harder to farm on bedrock.
Yeah it's the want to move in the right direction that's a good thing. Right now the general public has absolutely no idea on how poisoned most foods are. If people would just learn a little more about nutrition, basic ecology (really not that hard), and recycling; we'd be much healthier, happier and less stressed.
Precisely. I thought of it as an "added bonus", but even if it's carbon neutral that doesn't detract from the other positives.
bingo, and blue9 was his name-O. One of the big problems is that no matter what what reasons we choose, it's going to be real hard to actually make a change, a national or global change. The vast majority of people are going to go with whatever is easier on their pocketbook. If I can make a dinner for 5 bucks using GMO that would be $10 using local farm, it's really hard to argue against that. I don't know what the answer is, I want healthy, community conscious, environmentally friendly, cheap and plentiful food. But that's now really possible.
