Depleted soil leads to reduced yields, forcing farmers to rely on fertilizers that raise food production costs, consumer prices.

nah it’s the tarrifs bro

    • Wheaties [she/her]English
      20•5 days ago

      anecdotal, but I knew a guy who knew a guy who did contract work analyzing soil for companies

      Combination of pesticides and fertilizer get you stuck in a loop of constantly buying more of each to combat the long-term effects of last year’s fertilizer and pesticides. Also, apparently cannabis growers are the most egregious of these industrial agriculture producers. Being in a weird space with federal regulations, there isn’t much oversight in regard to the sort of fertilizer and pesticides they use, so it ends up being the very worst sorts available.