Monsanto Feeds Nobody

One of the constant harpings by the pro-Genetically Modified Foods crowd is that with a growing population, we need new "high-yield" crops to feed the planet. Via Angelica, Kevin Carson lays the smackdown:

while big corporate farms have somewhat higher output per man-hour, their output per acre is actually less than that of small farms. Ralph Borsodi did a study several decades ago, adding up the cost of all the inputs into home-grown and home-canned vegetables (including canning supplies and the prevailing wage for the gardener's labor), and found that they were still cheaper than vegetables from the supermarket....

There is much, much more in that post. Specifically, Carson looks at the social upheaval that the "Green Revolution" requires to be successful, namely the creation of plantation agriculture and elimination of small freeholds.

Very, very good. Check it out.