The definition of natural agriculture becomes questionable under experimental conditions.
Evidence
Was the epidemic natural? What is natural? — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 857
Categorization
- QUESTION: Raises questions about the definition of ‘natural’ disasters in the context of agricultural manipulation.
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 857
- XREF: connects to: Low- and high-hookworm areas may have differed in other respects like crops grown, suitability for slavery, wealth and education, undermining geographic natural-experiment identification strategies. — COMMENT: THE IMPACTS OF HOOKWORM ERADICATION IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH