Thread: Norman Borlaug on Organic Farming

Originally Posted by astralis

i agree with the point about the silliness of the local food movement, i disagree with the point about organic farm practices. while recognizing the inherent limitations of organic food sustaining our current population, the industrial excesses of the green revolution went too far the other way.

I'm looking forward to vertical agriculture. Essentially it would take the form of greenhouses stacked upon one another. A site dedicated to it:

http://www.verticalfarm.com/

I think though that such a development would first require the development of extremely cheap renewable power. Perhaps in the next 15-20 years solar power can become cheap enough through technological advancements and economies of scale to provide extremely cheap power.

My favorite design:

Originally Posted by entropy

I prefer tasty cucumber to extra people on Earth.

Millions of hungry illiterates are of little concern to me.

I'd rather hungry illiterates than overfed self-centred literates. They do a sh1tload more damage (and they tend to be a$$holes).

Originally Posted by Bigfella

I'd rather hungry illiterates than overfed self-centred literates. They do a sh1tload more damage (and they tend to be a$$holes).

My point is: population growth.