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I think food forests need to be redeveloped as a technology to be a viable replacement to the current agricultural model.  Though this concept would not need to be limited to forests.  Someone could implement this concept on a prarie, a beach, or even a desert.  The point is just to implement agriculture that allows itself to be a regenerative part of the natural world rather than a devastating ecological harm to it. 

A fundamental point would be the elimination of the idea that people can own land.  Ownership should be for personal possessions (which would include structures like a home).  One should have the right to a certain amount of personal space in the area in which they live, so they could still stipulate a very small area outside their home not be subject to regular foot traffic, but they would not actually own any land outside their home.  Instead, they would have rights and responsibilities in relation to that land much like people do with libraries and other public property.  Rights would include being able to cultivate and harvest food from the land, and responsibilities would include protecting the land from environmental damage.  Even areas not subject to regular foot traffic outside of a home could be subject to periodic oversight by others to ensure one is fulfilling their responsibilities to the land.  
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Too many times I see people propose technological solutions to what are political problems.   The problem isn't that we need to develop this or that technology to fix the problem, the problem is that we need to solve structural problems in our society.  We need to change our relationships with other people. 

Like recycling, for example. People are always latching onto the latest technology for this, some new plastic that's been invented or whatever, without taking a look at what the actual problems in our current recycling system are.  Recycling isn't a type of object, it's a process, and by focusing on only the item that process works upon, people lose sight of what the real pressing problems are in the first place. The pollution and environmental degradation caused by the process itself, why imperialist and colonialist countries don't have remotely adequate facilities to recycle their own waste, and who is most impacted (and how) by pollution caused by recycling.

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