“The claim that industrial agriculture is the only way of feeding a large population is about as scientific as a belief in Creationism - and far more damaging.”

Lean Logic, (2016), p. 164, entry on Food Prospects http://www.flemingpolicycentre.org.uk/lean-logic-surviving-the-future/

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