I wasn't thinking about shipping as much as the guaranteed risks of agriculture.
You end up monocropping specific species in centralized areas for your Single Magic Material, and you're in for global shortages when disease/insects/climate change inevitably damage harvests.
You end up monocropping specific species in centralized areas for your Single Magic Material, and you're in for global shortages when disease/insects/climate change inevitably damage harvests.
October 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I wasn't thinking about shipping as much as the guaranteed risks of agriculture.
You end up monocropping specific species in centralized areas for your Single Magic Material, and you're in for global shortages when disease/insects/climate change inevitably damage harvests.
You end up monocropping specific species in centralized areas for your Single Magic Material, and you're in for global shortages when disease/insects/climate change inevitably damage harvests.
"Value capture is monocropping for the soul."
One of the best, most enjoyable books I've read in a very long time
One of the best, most enjoyable books I've read in a very long time
"Cheese is glorious in the mouth, but hard to express in the language of bureaucracy." - @add-hawk.bsky.social
October 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
"Value capture is monocropping for the soul."
One of the best, most enjoyable books I've read in a very long time
One of the best, most enjoyable books I've read in a very long time
DIVERSITY IS A SUPER POWER
Look at Nature!
Diversity is what SAVES the largest number of the greatest variety of living things
MONOCROPPING anything, including people, leads to Genetic mutations through inbreeding and increased vulnerability to destructive agents
DIVERSITY is key to SURVIVAL
Look at Nature!
Diversity is what SAVES the largest number of the greatest variety of living things
MONOCROPPING anything, including people, leads to Genetic mutations through inbreeding and increased vulnerability to destructive agents
DIVERSITY is key to SURVIVAL
October 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
DIVERSITY IS A SUPER POWER
Look at Nature!
Diversity is what SAVES the largest number of the greatest variety of living things
MONOCROPPING anything, including people, leads to Genetic mutations through inbreeding and increased vulnerability to destructive agents
DIVERSITY is key to SURVIVAL
Look at Nature!
Diversity is what SAVES the largest number of the greatest variety of living things
MONOCROPPING anything, including people, leads to Genetic mutations through inbreeding and increased vulnerability to destructive agents
DIVERSITY is key to SURVIVAL
intellectual diversity: when scholars disproportionately investigate subjects i think are important
monocropping: when scholars disproportionately investigate subjects they think deserve investigation
monocropping: when scholars disproportionately investigate subjects they think deserve investigation
September 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM
intellectual diversity: when scholars disproportionately investigate subjects i think are important
monocropping: when scholars disproportionately investigate subjects they think deserve investigation
monocropping: when scholars disproportionately investigate subjects they think deserve investigation
Alfalfa's an excellent nitrogen fixer--it does in some sense the *opposite* of nutrient leeching and is a key part of crop rotation.
It basically can't go away completely and have viable farming (another reason I don't like this discourse), but monocropping it is also horrible idea.
It basically can't go away completely and have viable farming (another reason I don't like this discourse), but monocropping it is also horrible idea.
September 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Alfalfa's an excellent nitrogen fixer--it does in some sense the *opposite* of nutrient leeching and is a key part of crop rotation.
It basically can't go away completely and have viable farming (another reason I don't like this discourse), but monocropping it is also horrible idea.
It basically can't go away completely and have viable farming (another reason I don't like this discourse), but monocropping it is also horrible idea.
There is a lot of monocropping for export. They could grow sustainabke to feed the indigenous population, but a tremendous amount of food is exported, and not enough local crops.
September 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
There is a lot of monocropping for export. They could grow sustainabke to feed the indigenous population, but a tremendous amount of food is exported, and not enough local crops.
Yeah, that blog post (from, what, your 4th year in grad school?) is effectively the anchor for the “Monocropping Inequality section.
September 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Yeah, that blog post (from, what, your 4th year in grad school?) is effectively the anchor for the “Monocropping Inequality section.
And animal Ag is a HUGE recipient of subsidies. Not to mention the killing and torturing animals and destoying our planet! #animalagisevil #plantsforthewin #climatecrisisisnow #monocropping #amazonrainforest #destruction
September 21, 2026 at 8:27 PM
And animal Ag is a HUGE recipient of subsidies. Not to mention the killing and torturing animals and destoying our planet! #animalagisevil #plantsforthewin #climatecrisisisnow #monocropping #amazonrainforest #destruction
Tell Green Giant: Reduce Harmful Pesticides and Go Regenerative - greenam.org/bgfoods-tw @GreenAmerica #Pesticides
Tell Green Giant: Reduce Harmful Pesticides and Go Regenerative
Across the United States, industrial agriculture techniques like monocropping and overuse of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers contribute to topsoil depletion, biodiversity and pollinator loss, wat...
greenam.org
September 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Tell Green Giant: Reduce Harmful Pesticides and Go Regenerative - greenam.org/bgfoods-tw @GreenAmerica #Pesticides
This was the part of the original Vanderbilt report (about halfway through) where I realized this was almost certainly going nowhere.
September 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
This was the part of the original Vanderbilt report (about halfway through) where I realized this was almost certainly going nowhere.
Re: accurate concerns surrounding food; e.g. widespread reliance on pesticides is deleterious to health, monocropping and factory farming is ecocidal and inhumane, the US food supply relies on government-subsidized monopolies that grow tons of soy that is destroyed because there is no market for it
Compared to historical levels there’s very few accurate concerns you can have about the safety and healthfulness of modern food
September 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Re: accurate concerns surrounding food; e.g. widespread reliance on pesticides is deleterious to health, monocropping and factory farming is ecocidal and inhumane, the US food supply relies on government-subsidized monopolies that grow tons of soy that is destroyed because there is no market for it
If only there were more than a handful talking about biodiversity or monocropping here. Yet, there aren't. It's mostly a bunch of hysterical misinformation.
September 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
If only there were more than a handful talking about biodiversity or monocropping here. Yet, there aren't. It's mostly a bunch of hysterical misinformation.
Young Indian farmers using agri-tech could narrow a generational gap
->Eco-Business | More on "Indian agriculture technology generational shift" at BigEarthData.ai
->Eco-Business | More on "Indian agriculture technology generational shift" at BigEarthData.ai
Young Indian farmers using agri-tech could narrow a generational gap
As of 2016, the average farmer in India was 50. Many of them have lived through decades of evolution and upheaval of the country’s agricultural policies – starting from the 1960s, when the green revolution pushed the country towards large-scale commercial monocropping, primarily of wheat and rice. It led to the mechanisation of farm tools, adoption of new irrigation techniques and increased use of agricultural chemicals to produce higher yields, all of which expanded the produce market by the 2000s. The indiscriminate use of chemicals inadvertently created pressures on natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity. In recent decades, it has made pests resistant to pesticides and reduced beneficial insects. Today, India continues to be a major emitter of methane from rice cultivation, as well as nitrous oxide, produced when soil bacteria break down nitrogen-based fertilisers like urea. However, the country lacks a mandatory emission reduction policy in its agricultural sector. Increasingly, extreme and unpredictable weather events directly impact crop production and farmer income. This year, researchers at Australia’s Monash University found that a 20 per cent reduction in rainfall would induce an 8 per cent reduction in all-crop national average yields in India, notably 11 per cent for...
www.eco-business.com
August 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
In Andalusia's Altiplano Estepario, farmers are answering with regenerative agriculture: no-till, cover crops, agroforestry, returning organic matter to the ground. The aim is soil that holds water and survives the droughts monocropping can't.
August 27, 2026 at 1:26 PM
In Andalusia's Altiplano Estepario, farmers are answering with regenerative agriculture: no-till, cover crops, agroforestry, returning organic matter to the ground. The aim is soil that holds water and survives the droughts monocropping can't.
Is food security enough to build resilient food systems? 🌾
Rice monocropping supports Cambodian farmers, but long-term reliance on a single crop can increase pest and disease risks, reduce biodiversity, limit food choices, and affect farm sustainability.
Link: https://on.cgiar.org/4zj3Adg
Rice monocropping supports Cambodian farmers, but long-term reliance on a single crop can increase pest and disease risks, reduce biodiversity, limit food choices, and affect farm sustainability.
Link: https://on.cgiar.org/4zj3Adg
August 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Is food security enough to build resilient food systems? 🌾
Rice monocropping supports Cambodian farmers, but long-term reliance on a single crop can increase pest and disease risks, reduce biodiversity, limit food choices, and affect farm sustainability.
Link: https://on.cgiar.org/4zj3Adg
Rice monocropping supports Cambodian farmers, but long-term reliance on a single crop can increase pest and disease risks, reduce biodiversity, limit food choices, and affect farm sustainability.
Link: https://on.cgiar.org/4zj3Adg
Farming is a huge part of the problem. Vast areas decimated for monocropping. We need new tech approaches to food production. But in my plan, each “community” would have local food production by experts in regenerative methods. Right now farmers struggle bc of lack of help/kids, & get bought out.
August 20, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Farming is a huge part of the problem. Vast areas decimated for monocropping. We need new tech approaches to food production. But in my plan, each “community” would have local food production by experts in regenerative methods. Right now farmers struggle bc of lack of help/kids, & get bought out.
as opposed to , say ,,, monocropping , razing the field affter every harvest,,, another monocrop,,, raze,, another,, etc....
they must INFORM each other HARMONIOUSLY . They BUILD each other in real-time . I just plant the seeds
they must INFORM each other HARMONIOUSLY . They BUILD each other in real-time . I just plant the seeds
August 16, 2026 at 3:48 AM
as opposed to , say ,,, monocropping , razing the field affter every harvest,,, another monocrop,,, raze,, another,, etc....
they must INFORM each other HARMONIOUSLY . They BUILD each other in real-time . I just plant the seeds
they must INFORM each other HARMONIOUSLY . They BUILD each other in real-time . I just plant the seeds
Have you read Windup Girl?
It's not a well-written book. The characters are thin and the story is dry.
But it gives glimpses into the horrors of monocropping, seed patenting, bioengineering food, biodiversity loss.
It's not a well-written book. The characters are thin and the story is dry.
But it gives glimpses into the horrors of monocropping, seed patenting, bioengineering food, biodiversity loss.
August 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Have you read Windup Girl?
It's not a well-written book. The characters are thin and the story is dry.
But it gives glimpses into the horrors of monocropping, seed patenting, bioengineering food, biodiversity loss.
It's not a well-written book. The characters are thin and the story is dry.
But it gives glimpses into the horrors of monocropping, seed patenting, bioengineering food, biodiversity loss.
It’s also a sociology-specific problem — the tendency of activism- or advocacy-oriented sociology to displace professional sociology. As the recent Vandy report puts it, “The field is narrowing its focus on topics to prioritize inequality studies (monocropping) & suffers from blind spots & taboos.”
August 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
It’s also a sociology-specific problem — the tendency of activism- or advocacy-oriented sociology to displace professional sociology. As the recent Vandy report puts it, “The field is narrowing its focus on topics to prioritize inequality studies (monocropping) & suffers from blind spots & taboos.”
Monocropping is expensive and not worth it. Sure if you have robot dogs. Tell me where the value lies???
August 8, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Monocropping is expensive and not worth it. Sure if you have robot dogs. Tell me where the value lies???
Monocropping? Like a field of corn? Farming is full of monoculture agriculture. They invented this technique called crop rotation a few centuries ago.
August 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Monocropping? Like a field of corn? Farming is full of monoculture agriculture. They invented this technique called crop rotation a few centuries ago.