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by carapace 3200 days ago
> the amount of labor required is totally unsustainable to feed billions of people.

I disagree: in a well-designed system there may be a lot of labor in the beginning, but it should fall off within a year or two to a very low level, much lower than conventional farming.

(I admit a lot of "Permies" don't seem to set it up this way.)