commemorate when the term “ factory farm ” was synonymous with a confirming fashion to make food ? Neither do I.
But this April 9 , 1961 edition ofCloser Than We Think(which appear in the Chicago Tribune ) treats the idiom as a part of humanity ’s natural progression in the advancement of science . I reckon what a different world we ’d be live in if “ FACTORY FARMED ! ” were plastered on food packaging rather than “ ORGANIC ! ” or “ ALL - cancel ! ” That reality somehow seems just as plausible given a few historical and social tweaks . Those gargantuan tomato could have been draw directly from John Elfreth Watkin’sDecember , 1900 piecefor the Ladies ’ Home Journal . And those monorail tank cars are certainly evocative of thehigh - speed freightwaysused to transport food for thought in the 1958 Disneyland TV episodeMagic Highway , U.S.A.
The full text of the strip appear below .
Agriculture in the world of tomorrow will be so mechanized that farms will in reality resemble factories . craw and stock will be raised on regular schedules under uniform and carefully hold conditions .
“ Sensors , ” those robotlike controller devices for today ’s wonder auto , will be adapt to the requirements of precision agriculture . They will take the place of human judgement in resolve and reacting to dirt conditions , crop maturity , moisture levels , conditions forecasting , alimentation needs , etc . Bendix researcher W. E. Kock has reported that instruments to do this already exist or will soon be developed .
A peculiar thanks to Tom Z. yet again for being an invaluable imagination for the close Than We Think serial .
This post primitively appeared atPaleofuture.com .
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