@Artisan_recycler I am curious to learn more about this. It is my understanding that modern farming practices, while far from perfect or environmentally friendly, have *vastly* increased the food production efficiency over practices from previous centuries.
One thing that I did recently learn about that is an exception is the concept of #maslins, which are mixed-grain fields whose composition dynamically adjusts automatically with both long- and short-term climate variations. The grains that are best adapted to the current climate naturally increase in proportion, but it quickly springs back when climate change reverses direction. It's like a learning algorithm implemented in the form of seeds, which is, frankly, awesome! And it's an ancient technique, not something newly invented.
"He had stumbled upon one of the few places in the world where farmers still sow maslins, or cereal species mixtures, which can contain rice, millet, wheat, rye, barley, triticale, emmer and more."
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/01/ancient-farming-strategy-holds-promise-climate-resilience
With El Niño set to return in 2023 the recent Science Alert that a Fluke Discovery of Ancient Farming Technique Could Stabilize Crop Yields becomes more urgent
Planting maslins – a combined mix of cereals that can include rice, millet, wheat, rye, barley and more - increases the chance of a good yield due to diversity and at least one grain type surviving. They are harvested together to be separated or used as a single product
#ScienceAlert #TheGuardian #ElNiño #ElNiña #Maslins #Wheat #Barley
Science Alert article https://www.sciencealert.com/fluke-discovery-of-ancient-farming-technique-could-stabilize-crop-yields
The Guardian El Niño article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/16/return-of-el-nino-will-cause-off-the-chart-temperature-rise-climate-crisis
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