This episode begins with a brief discussion of the status of this podcast and its host.  Frank then launches into a discussion of the global land grab taking place in Africa and elsewhere as Holmgren’s brown tech scenario comes to fruition in the form of industrial, commodity-export agriculture expanding its reach into technologically underdeveloped nations.  This reality is framed in the context of recent research showing that food yield increases have plateaued, which may indicate peak food has arrived.  The discussion concludes with a brief foray into the concept of agrocollapse and its implications for the sustainable food movement.

Links below:
Food, Fuel, and the Global Land Grab
Dramatic decline in industrial agriculture could herald ‘peak food’
What is the Agrocollapse? (via Agroinnovations Blog)
Dimishing Returns (via Wikipedia)

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