Re:Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us?
by GlenTheMachine on Sunday September 16, 2018 @12:48PM
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This is a complex question, and probably beyond my expertise to fully answer. So let me point you to a couple of decent overview articles.
TLDR; among other issues, a lot of the seeds for varieties we used to grow actually don't exist anywhere any more.
https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/07/19/loss-of-gen...
https://www.croptrust.org/our-mission/crop-diversity-why-it-...
Heck, if anything, we're probably more flexible now since it's now possible to directly genetically engineer new varieties and we have massive seedbanks around with modern infrastructure for distribution.
> Not in markets, because a hundred years ago most people didn't get their produce from a market. They got it from their own gardens or the local farm.
For people in rural areas, sure, but in more urban areas I'm sure they had markets of some sort.