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Re:Soylent Month Three by rdouble on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:35PM (#5610045)
Plowing is not done by hand but picking is.

Sugar beet field weeding used to be done by teams of migrant workers with handheld hoes. I think they've figured out how to not have the weeds in the first place with better pesticides. Most fruits and vegetables are picked by hand.

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Re:Soylent Month Three by abstractbill on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:45PM (#5610113)
You don't need big muscles to pick fruits and vegetables though, just endurance (I've done it for a couple of summers as a job).
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Re:Soylent Month Three by rdouble on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:48PM (#5610128)
I guess I didn't realize this was about muscles. I was just replying to the guy asking if agriculture was done by hand. Maybe shouldn't follow threads via the /comments page. I end up not knowing what the context is.
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Re:Soylent Month Three by epmatsw on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:05PM (#5611101)
Makes sense. I guess I just was imagining corn and grains, stuff that seems like it'd be easy to pick mechanically. Didn't really think about stuff like beets. Thanks for the answer though!
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