--- Farmer Heinz Thomet, quoted in Sophie Hill, "In Maryland, just two farmers grow rice. Here’s why." CS Monitor, Oct 2023
A nice example of the trade-off between efficiency and resilience.
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“Nothing of what I do makes sense for a cheap food system, but if you recognize a decentralized food system as food security, then I start to make sense,” says Mr. Thomet. “If you look at diversified farms as part of the resilience towards a global weather pattern change, then I start to make change.”
