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The Founding Fables of Industrialised Agriculture
Tudge, Colin
http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/Date Written: 2013-10-30 Publisher: Independent Science News Year Published: 2013 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX15484 Governments these days are not content with agriculture that merely provides good food. In line with the dogma of neoliberalism they want it to contribute as much wealth as any other industry towards the grand goal of economic growth. High tech offers to reconcile the two ambitions – producing allegedly fabulous yields, which seems to be what’s needed, and becoming highly profitable. Subject Headings |