Post by @Tatjna@moo.nz

2026-05-19 09:29 UTC

@kudra@aus.social I think it's likely to be any food that's intensively farmed tbh. I remember the fert requirements for things like grain cropping and market gardening way back when, and they were fuel heavy too. Like, many people can cut back meat and dairy but if staples like bread and cornflakes become luxuries we are in serious trouble.

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@kudra@aus.social 2026-05-19 09:48

@Tatjna@moo.nz correct. But a lot of those grains currently go to feeding animals - practises like cover cropping are going to have to come back because there won't be other options - and the mega farms of today will likely be split up when people are needed again for their muscles on farms. Small organic farms are going to be more resilient. And victory gardens will be in vogue again. If you haven't read "The Future is Rural" by Jason Bradford, it lays out the likely future pathways that have been sped up this year. https://www.postcarbon.org/publications/the-future-is-rural/ I have been meaning to post it here on Fedi since the Hormuz closure, but I'm still processing a lot of feelings about everything.

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