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Is farming evil?

Or, to put it another way, was agriculture the "worst mistake in history"?

This article from the Telegraph notes the problems that arose when humanity transitioned from being hunter-gatherers.

Cf. Richard Manning's "Against the Grain" and his podcast interview with Agroinnovations.

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I suppose a smart-alec exegete could think of farming as a punishment for evil, as per Genesis 3.

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