Wheat farmers in the Western Cape, who used to send half their crop to the industrial heartland around Johannesburg and Pretoria, have been hit by the abolition of uniform, countrywide prices.

ECONOMIST: South African farming

Local growers also have more flexibility than industrial farmers to experiment with different crop varieties, which encourages biodiversity and extends growing seasons.

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And not only were the same people leading the charge, but they were naming the same alleged cause (human industrial activity) and the same alleged consequences (more drought, extreme weather, crop failures, etc.).

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Permitted only to sell a third of their crop for distillation into cognac, they turn the rest unprofitably into industrial alcohol.

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