Can We Grow More Food on Less Land?

Re:Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? by analog31 on Friday December 07, 2018 @06:05PM (#18632519)

I've read that in colonial times, people simply let pigs loose in the woods, then hunted them down later on when they were fattened up.

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Re:Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? by geekagirl on Friday December 07, 2018 @07:57PM (#18633113)

People still do that but it’s generally not a good idea for many reasons. Feral hogs destroy crops, are dangerous to people, and eat foods that native species rely on to survive. In colonial times, it made a lot of sense to do that, but not so much now.

https://mdc.mo.gov/wildlife/nuisance-problem-species/invasiv...

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Re:Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? by lyime on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:52AM (#18634236)

This won’t give you predictable yields. Though a combination of that idea and automation could work.

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