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Also in 1970, 33% of the global population was malnourished. That number is less than 8% now.

Apples and oranges. We can produce a lot of food without turning all of it into ultra-processed products stuffed with high-fructose corn syrup.

Nice. This is a bad faith argument as we can attempt progress safely without poisoning the entire planet -- within the laws we pay for of course.

I think the point I’m making is we can’t really. Organic farming would potentially halve the world’s food output.