Barbara Kingsolver has some interesting data about the percentage of people
involved in feeding a population directly or indirectly.
It turns out that if a large number of people farm/ garden directly, it takes about
50-60% of the population to feed themselves.
If it’s done using industrial agriculture and highly mechanized methods, it still takes 50-60% of the population [...]
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% of people to feed a population
Posted in articles, tagged industrial agriculture, Vandana Shiva on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
