fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoit's truemander.xyzimagemessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down18
arrow-up1534arrow-down1imageit's truemander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoI always wondered why we don’t do more polyculture ag
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoIt’s more labor intensive, especially for corn. You can’t just run a big harvester over the field, someone has to go out and pick it.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThat makes sense with the technology of the time but I imagine that’s probably changing
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoWe still have people out in the fields picking vegetables. It’s not a solved problem.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·5 months agoProfit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months 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-up1·5 months 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-up1·5 months 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
It’s more labor intensive, especially for corn. You can’t just run a big harvester over the field, someone has to go out and pick it.
That makes sense with the technology of the time but I imagine that’s probably changing
We still have people out in the fields picking vegetables. It’s not a solved problem.
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.