work continues on my industrial ag mega-zine. we're getting into the "consequences of pesticide use" section, and unsurprisingly, it's much more complicated than i expected. it turns out that pouring a bunch of poison onto the land has complicated and unexpected consequences that are extremely difficult to trace throughout an ecosystem! (nevermind the effects on agriculture itself...see: "pesticide treadmill".)
anyway, i've just started looking through "Economic Poisoning: Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization of American Agriculture" by Adam M. Romero and came across this quote:
"You may be asking yourself what war has to do with the transformation of waste into agricultural inputs. When I first began this project, I was not sure that it had anything to do with it. I was already familiar with Edmond Russell’s classic book "War and Nature", in which he describes the coevolution of agriculture and war since World War I. But as I read the Journal of Economic Entomology cover to cover..."
i looked up at the top of my screen and saw that this is a 365 page book and i was only at the beginning. so i guess i have a long road ahead. at least i don't have to read any issues of the journal of economic entomology!
#IndustrialAgriculture #environment #ecology #pesticides #pollution
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