~SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES

[Monksdream]

Michael Pollan has written and publicly commented on food production prior to 1945. It was during WWII that nitrogen was used a component in explosives. It was also determined that nitrogen was a vital element necessary for plant growth. So the nitrogen industry switched from explosives to fertilizer.

The internal combustion engine was and is primarily responsible for the decrease in small farming operations.