https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/12/13/how-green-revolution-saved-world-83-trillion-15986

https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/dr_norman_e_borlaug/about_norman_borlaug/

Borlaug’s impressive career didn’t stop there. He also boasts the development of a wheat-rye hybrid called triticale and many highly productive varieties of rice. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norman-Borlaug)

There are many great people working in research and inside chemical
companies trying to genuinely help the human race. And they are. It’s
just that we can’t rely on these tools because nature always bats last.
It’s too shifty and hard to keep up with. We need to play with her and
not against her. Yes, those products are tools and they can and should
be used in emergency situations. The same can be said for life-saving
medication, like antibiotics. Rely on nature first and then when all
else fails, use the products. Nature yields positive compounding and
cascading effects. Many industrial products and mechanical disturbances
have negative effects. With medicine, we call these side effects and we
all know how long the list of those can be. That would be something if a
list of side effects included, “gain of hair for balding men, may
increase IQ score and mental clarity, muscle growth, more energy
throughout the day, etc.” “The war on superbugs can’t be won.” (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240109121056.htm)

This is arguably the biggest challenge facing the sustainability of
farming and ranching. We need a field or pasture to produce in the
short-term but it needs to be at the proper rate. Too slowly and we
don’t produce enough food. Too quickly and we rob the future for the
present, meaning we exhaust the soil ecosystem of its energy and
fertility in the long-term. It’s a delicate inertial balance.
Thankfully, regenerative producers and initial university studies are
showing
that it’s possible to produce for today while improving ecosystem
health and function for the future. Striking this balance requires the 
understanding that the fields and pastures under our care are designed
to flow in the direction of succession and are influenced by inertia.
They are no different than the woods, savanna or grasslands that
surround them. After all, they came from those climax communities in the
first place! Therefore, it’s necessary for farmers and ranchers to
understand that every creature in the ecosystem is on the same team
working to keep the system moving and complex, especially “pests”, “weeds” and “pathogens”. *Gasp!*