#Been sitting on David Brandt's thoughts lately

[vibinwiththefrogs]

The agriculture industry is so incredibly nuanced and tightly within the grip of capitalism that I wish there were less extreme views on things, because it makes it hard to do any actual change toward the better. Like I'm a proponent of agroecology and organic and regenerative farming, but the "no chemicals at all or nothing" approach that government programs and a lot of activists have in the US makes it incredibly hard to convince people, because transitioning a farm isn't that simple, a lot of knowledge needs to be built up, and most would lose their farm instantly. It's definitely an industry where harm reduction is significant, and if you can cut chemical use by 30% or more, that's huge! But because there are only recent (last 10 years) of grassroots regional attempts to do that, it's not widespread. And because it's not all or nothing, organic people don't care.