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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker
the US has by far the most productive agricultural land in the world, due in part to good soil, but due mostly to incredible advances in the technology of farming
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Define 'productive'. OK I'm sure the US is most efficient in terms of
quantity - she is queen of mass production in every sense. But what about conservation, ecology, quality? If you run your land to the ground (so to speak) it may yield more crops for now, but long term, you will destroy the quality of the land through over-production, GM crops etc. This is not productiveness. This is carnage and another manifestation of the 'buy now pay later' attitude inherent in our society.