Sure, because growing a crop (which involves, to put it in a very simple way, breaking up the soil, sowing the seeds, protecting them from the harmful side of nature and harvesting it) is soooo much easier than just going over and picking crops pre-planted by nature, right? 😉
(And actually, evidence points to early agricultural societies being actually *less* fed than hunter-foragers.)
There’s some speculation that farming came about because it allowed for the brewing of beer.
Also, while the food that nature provides is easier than growing a crop. the food that nature provides is spread out, meaning you have to keep relocating everything. The crop is in the same place every day, so you can stay put.
Recent research shows that hunter-gatherer tribes actually hunted and gathered for about 20 hours a week to meet their nutritional needs; agriculture takes 30 hours a week. So lazy or not, they actually ended up working harder.
Oh cork it, germ bag.
/Dadbug
Sure, because growing a crop (which involves, to put it in a very simple way, breaking up the soil, sowing the seeds, protecting them from the harmful side of nature and harvesting it) is soooo much easier than just going over and picking crops pre-planted by nature, right? 😉
(And actually, evidence points to early agricultural societies being actually *less* fed than hunter-foragers.)
Wouldn’t be the first time a “labor-saving” invention actually created more work than the original involved.
There’s some speculation that farming came about because it allowed for the brewing of beer.
Also, while the food that nature provides is easier than growing a crop. the food that nature provides is spread out, meaning you have to keep relocating everything. The crop is in the same place every day, so you can stay put.
Recent research shows that hunter-gatherer tribes actually hunted and gathered for about 20 hours a week to meet their nutritional needs; agriculture takes 30 hours a week. So lazy or not, they actually ended up working harder.