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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6025565" data-attributes="member: 19675">Just a thought- farmers in modern cultures get screwed in apocalypses, too, even assuming they don't get overwhelmed by ravenous hordes of starving city folk fleeing their concrete canyons.1) farms tend to be monoculture establishments- growing only one or very few commodities.&nbsp; Thus, they won't have what is necessary for maintaining a healthy diet.&nbsp; And neither will their neighbors.&nbsp; (the ones growing industrial crops like cottong are REALLY screwed.)&nbsp; Conversion to broad based, sustainable farming that can support a healthy diet would take time...2) most farms get their seeds from seed-supplying businesses.&nbsp; And in certain cases, crops grown from those seeds are not fertile.&nbsp; What do you plant if you have nothing that will grow?3) unless they make their own biodiesel- there are some who do- they won't be able to power their farm equipment.&nbsp; That means harvesting and subsequent planting will be difficult.&nbsp; Maybe impossible if they don't have manual farming tools on hand.&nbsp; And even if they do, they won't have enough labor on hand to do much more than subsistence farming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6025565, member: 19675"] Just a thought- farmers in modern cultures get screwed in apocalypses, too, even assuming they don't get overwhelmed by ravenous hordes of starving city folk fleeing their concrete canyons. 1) farms tend to be monoculture establishments- growing only one or very few commodities. Thus, they won't have what is necessary for maintaining a healthy diet. And neither will their neighbors. (the ones growing industrial crops like cottong are REALLY screwed.) Conversion to broad based, sustainable farming that can support a healthy diet would take time... 2) most farms get their seeds from seed-supplying businesses. And in certain cases, crops grown from those seeds are not fertile. What do you plant if you have nothing that will grow? 3) unless they make their own biodiesel- there are some who do- they won't be able to power their farm equipment. That means harvesting and subsequent planting will be difficult. Maybe impossible if they don't have manual farming tools on hand. And even if they do, they won't have enough labor on hand to do much more than subsistence farming. [/QUOTE]

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