Isn't the problem that food prices would have to increase hugely if we were to switch to less industrialised forms of agriculture, and thus the poor would suffer worst of all?
Overall though I agree with you - it's said that the British were never as healthy as under rationing. We don't need anywhere near as much as we produce, and would all look and feel better eating less. And less cash going to Monsanto - who IMHO seem to be a truly sinister outfit - would be a welcome side benefit.
Between tractors and artificial fertilizer, feeding everyone has been a solved problem for a very long time now.
Dousing fields with glyphosate and dicamba has more to do with maintaining the dense crop monocultures we use in industrial agriculture than feeding the poor.
Overall though I agree with you - it's said that the British were never as healthy as under rationing. We don't need anywhere near as much as we produce, and would all look and feel better eating less. And less cash going to Monsanto - who IMHO seem to be a truly sinister outfit - would be a welcome side benefit.