Hand labor is what Africans do. Americans use their brainpower to make life a bit easier and far more productive.
Face it. If the small farmers in the 3rd world become food sufficient or even food exporting, withOUT using GM or chemicals the US farmer might be in a sad way. Especially if the cost to transport grain stuffs becomes expensive due to higher oil costs.
And, they’re local. Transport costs for these crops is minimal. And there’s a certain amount of national pride in consuming that which your neighbor has grown. Ask the Japanese how this works. I double dog dare you to get the average middle aged Japanese housewife to buy foreign rice!
And those clever small plot farmers are already devising time and energy saving devices to assist them with this technique.
No longer will we have to export to these countries. They will feed themselves.
Whatever will Monsanto do?
And hand labor is actually good for you. It’s called exercise. Using our brains exclusively is one reason we all weigh 300lbs. Once hubby and I began to garden (and it uses only 1.5hrs a day, same time we’d spend to/at/from the gym!) we lost lots of weight! And save money too! 1.5hrs a day for 1.5 acres isn’t a bad trade. ‘Free’ food, exercise for free (gym is expensive!) and the idea that we know what we’re eating. What’s not to love? It’s family time for hubby and me. Beats camping all to death. Water seal flush potties are just inside the house!
That is one of the most blatantly racist posts I have ever read on this forum.