riverpirate

The Global Food Crisis: From Panic to Organic

Sure, small scale farming can work if your only goal is to stay alive and feed yourself.

Bottom line however is that the wealth we enjoy in the world -- the whole world -- is largely the product of one very powerful phenomenon: specialization (aka utilizing comparative advantage).

If we were all to grow our own food locally, 3/4 of the world would be farmers as a primary occupation. Good luck finding someone to roof your house, fix your car, pave your roads, do your taxes, build you a TV, or make you a coffee. No, they'll all be to busy tending to their gardens.

A fine bit of eco-ignorance this is.