Have you noticed the price of food increasing? Have you noticed shelves empty? They’re two questions that invite a third: have you noticed how vulnerable we are to the industrialized and corporate shareholder driven food systems? They’re three questions that invite a fourth: are there other methods or ways to hedge against our dependence current food economies?
If the answer is yes, then it maybe the knowledge of the old ways that offers a hint at how to hedge our bets. Get the full commentary below from Alexandre Antonelli writing for Nature.com.