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Ever talk with a rancher about stocking ratios? “I can consistently run X amount of cattle on Y acres.” Exceed that number for very long and soil, pasture and cattle health goes down. And so does the health of the people eating that meat. Sure, you can bring in hay from another pasture, but you have to count that in the total acres number. And pay for the growing/harvesting/storing and transporting of that hay.

We live on a finite planet with finite resources. I don’t know what the optimal number of humans is, but it is likely far less than the current 8.3 billion people.

Many years ago I lived for a short while in a rural village in Africa. If a man or woman could not conceive a healthy child, then their genes did not get passed along. A child born with obvious deformities could not grow up and be a fully contributing member of the community, and did not live a week. Children got their name at age one – if they lived that long, they were likely healthy. In spite of often having minimal food quantities, these people as a whole were robustly healthy.

To address human fertility, I suggest fixing soil, water and air quality. Reduce light pollution, overcrowding, screen time and other environmental harms.

Help raise your neighbor’s kids. Volunteer at local schools. There are so many ways to be around kids.

Thanks and good health, Weogo