Author makes many assumptions...stating conventional wisdom....lopsided toward industry...neglects the impact of corporate farming, subsidies,NAFTA, public interest/opinion as M$M looks the other way concerning purity in food (FDA) (D of A), alternatives to monsanto....etc. not a bad start!

a very thoughtful analysis/discussion of our food -supply system which ties in our financial markets, our health care, our environment and agriculture. the writer points out the current thinking practices are still not going to be sustainable, which is what needs to be the end goal. i hope this article is absorbed by the agriculture committees in congress. what he doesn't really discuss is the overall impact of climate change on all the other factors

Mother Jones goes off the deep end. The errors and nonsense in this article are massive. Vertical farms? Plants need sunlight so vertical farms make no sense besides the huge cost. Farms on roofs? Roofs are not built to accept heavy loads of soil or tanks of water. No till farming? In Iowa, for example, virtually every farmer uses it. It's standard practice, not some novelty.