Does farming show us a way out of our problems, or provide the seeds of our own destruction?
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Since prehistoric times, farming has allowed our species to grow, and an increasing number of non-agricultural professions have made it possible to leave behind the hunter-gatherer way of life. In spite of this, as late as 1700, approximately 40 per cent of the population in England were still small-scale subsistence farmers, growing their own food […]