What if we are not able to further increase our food production? What will we eat tomorrow? By Thorsten Daubenfeld As we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “Limits to Growth” study I recently came across the question “how do we feed the world in upcoming years?”. Some people may argue that we already have sufficient food supply but only need a more effective and efficient system of distribution of the existing food. However, already the late Roman empire stumbled across this challenge and wasn’t able to solve it. Others argue that we have sufficient knowledge at our hands to further increase the yield of our crops (fertilizers, agrochemicals, genetically modified crops) and “technology will solve the problem”.
This direction of thinking about the soil as living entity comprising many interconnected life forms complements the direction taken in permaculture approaches, especially the "soil food web" concept and praxis developed by Elaine Ingham.
This direction of thinking about the soil as living entity comprising many interconnected life forms complements the direction taken in permaculture approaches, especially the "soil food web" concept and praxis developed by Elaine Ingham.