🌾Lakey🌾

I’m not trying to sound pompous or arragant when I say this but the #1 thing that I struggle with is that the positions that I strive to arrive at… the concepts… the systems aren’t understood by most people inside and outside of Agriculture. Plants aren’t driven by fertilizer They are driven by CO2 and sunlight above the surface of the soil… and oxygen, carbohydrates, and proteins below. I think… and learn analogously. The arrangements or venues that I create in fields work very similar to markets. The best analogy is the value of beer What is the value of a single can of miller lite in a case at CostCo vs the value of a beer at a football game or concert? 10x…25x? Thats what we can do with plants if we’re cognizant of venue. Sure you need good agronomics and maybe a little N to get things growing, but what’s most important are the real drivers of plant growth. The other piece to this is America 🇺🇸 wouldn’t be America 🇺🇸 if we weren’t the largest consumer economy in the world. That is our identity. To be consumers of stuff to impress people that really don’t give a shit … but you think they do. The economy only works if the rest of the world covets and want to participate in this ecosystem and get a piece of it to themselves. Therefore… the think tanks of more of a “off grid” holistic thinking has no purpose in Academia or Industry. It’s more of a threat. You want to fast and eat 🥩 and be healthy without our medication? You want to drive a truck with a carburetor? You value family more than impressing your friends with consumerism? You’re weird… weirdo.