“It is sometimes difficult to predict this near-future which is just 5–10 years out.”

This is, in fact, one of the things I’ve come to enjoy about working in (small scale organic) agriculture: that it doesn’t change much. It is in a sense immune from future-shock (or should be).

Yes, on the one hand, people are innovating in certain areas of production, but to a certain extent I believe more of what we ought to be seeking from “new” agriculture is simply long-term stability and viability, rather than disruption.

Or, if we must change, let’s change the old tired-out models that don’t fit us and keep all the old good techniques which Nature has relied on for tens of thousands of years.