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Agriculture

Agriculture

By: Inception Point AI
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 Felix Mercer traces agriculture from its Neolithic origins through industrial transformation to today's climate crossroads, exploring how this foundational technology created civilization while locking us into ecological dependencies that now threaten our ability to feed ten billion people on a warming planet.

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  • Agriculture - Cultivate the future with Felix Mercer

    Agriculture - Cultivate the future with Felix Mercer
    Apr 17 2026
    Join host Felix Mercer as he uncovers agriculture's untold story—humanity's transformative invention that birthed civilization but set us on a collision course with the planet. From seeds planted 13,000 years ago to today's industrial farms, explore the ancient deal we made with soil and why the bill is coming due.

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    1 min
  • Agriculture - Feeding Ten Billion on a Warming Planet

    Agriculture - Feeding Ten Billion on a Warming Planet
    Apr 17 2026
    Felix Mercer examines feeding 10 billion people by 2050 on a warming planet. Food production must increase 35-56% while climate change shrinks yields. We explore vertical farming, precision agriculture, Indigenous wisdom, and the political challenge of transforming agriculture before hunger becomes unavoidable.

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    28 mins
  • Agriculture - The Industrial Harvest

    Agriculture - The Industrial Harvest
    Apr 17 2026
    Felix Mercer explores how 20th-century American agriculture transformed from diverse family farms to industrial monoculture. He examines synthetic fertilizers, mechanization, and consolidation, revealing agriculture's environmental costs: 26% of global emissions, depleted aquifers, and eroding soil. The efficiency that feeds billions now threatens its own foundations.

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    30 mins
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