• yesman@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Turf grass. It’s the stupidest crop ever cultivated by humanity.

    Lawns are an 17th century European fashion trend. We poison the soil with herbicides to defend grass. We poison the water with fertilizers to feed grass. Many US households through HOAs or zoning regulations are legally required to cultivate and martian grass. Grass doesn’t feed anyone, except the insects that die soon afterwards from all the poison.