12∞ · Question 11.7.9
Has industrial agriculture been good for humanity?
It has fed billions who would otherwise have starved; new crop varieties and fertilizers in the twentieth century averted famines that had been confidently predicted.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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