• psud@aussie.zone
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    We didn’t get engineered edible oils (like canola) until the 1930s. Things didn’t get bad until engineered food

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      Things didn’t get bad until engineered food

      That’s literally ignoring pesticides which came first. My grandfather got Parkinsons from exposure to pesticides. Frankly, I probably will, too.

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        I somewhat agree with the people who say humanity’s biggest mistake was the invention of farming

        We were all so healthy before that Egyptian technology made it to Europe

        Ancient Greeks referred to the times before cities grew around farming areas as the golden age, when gods walked along men