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danmaz74
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Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase...
Actually, wheat has been the staple for peoples living near the Mediterranean for thousands of years.
superpermutat0r
on Aug 11, 2019
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Interestingly, they have raised it without pesticides for that many years too.
bryanlarsen
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They have used pest control measures for that entire time. Primarily tillage which contributed heavily to the desertification of the area.
superpermutat0r
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Yeah, of course there are going to be pests. They used trial and error and the errors were local.
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