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While I appreciate the point wrt modern day, research shows many Neolithic communities practiced garden style intensive farming on small plots of land. They weren't dominated by land barons
Effort+biodiversity = high productivity 🌽🥦🍓🥕🥓
The economy & society is independent
Effort+biodiversity = high productivity 🌽🥦🍓🥕🥓
The economy & society is independent
That's misworded. Economy & society aren't independent from food production strategies. But there is no simplistic 1:1 correspondence.
Modern ideas of farming are embedded in monoculture. In the past farming was more diverse, requiring more labor input resulting in resilience
Modern ideas of farming are embedded in monoculture. In the past farming was more diverse, requiring more labor input resulting in resilience
For more on ancient food production, see my @eidolon_journal article, "In Defense of (Studying) Food"
Hint: polycultures were common and ancient Greeks ate dogs... (I hope it's an interesting read!)
link.medium.com/cv7CFzELtY
Hint: polycultures were common and ancient Greeks ate dogs... (I hope it's an interesting read!)
link.medium.com/cv7CFzELtY
