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Re: Manuel is most likely a migrant.
by auros

Well, regardless, this is more about a rhetorical flourish than about the substance of what I was saying.

Monoculture farms, big or small, are inherently seasonal.

Polyculture farms, aside from being more sustainable (because the various crops interact in ways that maintain the soil, rather than having a single crop consistently depleting particular nutrients), and requiring less chemical treatment (in addition to fertilizer, polycultures don't need as much pesticide, if any, b/c you can maintain a full ecosystem on them, including beneficial and predatory insects), offer work year-round.

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