We moved into monoculture because it was like, that's how we were able to scale. We're looking at robotic carvesters and all these things that could allow us to rethink what is considered scalable for managing agricultural landscapes. And so again, I think we went down a path because we needed to have food security and that was our focus. But I think that we've learned enough to have secure food supply and we just need to be open to the fact that the future of agriculture might look different.
Jessica Chiartas (@soil.life), founder of Soil Life, is a postdoctoral scholar and educator focusing on the long-term impacts of agricultural practices on soil health, with an emphasis on soil heterogeneity and the development of region-specific soil health indicators.
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