Extremely not-fun fact: collectively, humanity currently produces more than enough food for every person. But a huge part of it is either wasted or inaccessible by people that need them, which usually results in them not going to anyone and being wasted, which is why we still have food scarcity.

  • @fubo
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    211 year ago

    Food grows on trees if your ancestors planted and cared for those trees. An apple tree that’s been uncared-for for fifty years may produce nothing but nasty bug-ridden rotting inedible fruit.

    • blazera
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      41 year ago

      Fruit trees been around longer than we have, they can care for themselves

      • @fubo
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        91 year ago

        Not the cultivated fruit trees that have been selectively bred by humans for thousands of years, no.

        • blazera
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          51 year ago

          Yeah, they grow just fine. I dont know what you think they cant get without human care

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Most crops are very different from the wild plants they evolved from. In general, the domesticated varieties are softer - they need fertilisers and pesticides, sometimes even manual pollination. Without this they would be outcompeted by wild plants.

            • blazera
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              31 year ago

              Its not as general as that, no. Theyre often bred to be more naturally pest and disease resistant. If youve ever tried growing heirloom tomatoes vs hybrids. They dont have higher soil nutrient needs either.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                There are exceptions, but a general rule is that if you invest more resources in growth your investment in pest defence will go down. So plants bred for yield often have reduced pest tolerance. But yes, they are in many cases interbred with more resistant varieties to (partially) compensate.

    • hudson
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      21 year ago

      This also falls apart when you check out the price of apples lately. :(