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I doubt the author has ever made it out to the countryside..

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Lawrence F. London,
Jr.<lflj@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Food Forests wrote:
>>
>> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 7:12 PM
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/opinion/24Despommier.html?_r=1
>>
>> By DICKSON D. DESPOMMIER
>> IF climate change and population growth progress at their
>> current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will
>> no longer exist. This means that the majority of people
>> could soon be without enough food or water. But there is a
>> solution that is surprisingly within reach: Move most
>> farming into cities, and grow crops in tall, specially
>> constructed buildings. It’s called vertical farming.
>
> Its a nice idea to add this type of eco-living-food production system but 
> to say
> that will be all that's left after 50 years is absurd and depressing. 
> Obviously the author is tapping hotbutton issues
> and lacks any real interest in bio farming or agriculture in general, 
> probably knows very little about same.
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