Modern agriculture was engineered for output.
The question is what it is optimizing for.
Output or system health.
Agronomy
– Crop systems
– Fertility
– Yield focus
Biotech
– GMOs
– Seed engineering
Tension
Simplification vs diversity.
Modern Strengths
– Scale
– Efficiency
Breakdowns
– Soil loss
– Dependency
Regenerative
– Diversity
– Soil building
Technology
Support systems, do not replace them.
Next Article
This topic continues into biotech systems.
The Bigger Opportunity
Use both tools and biology wisely.
What this article uncovered and what we should drill into next:
– GMOs
– Biological inputs
– Precision tools
– Economics
– Hybrid systems
– Case studies