The Minutes of David Friedberg on farming https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/farming/ Everything David Friedberg has said on farming: 2 verbatim quotes between June 2024 and September 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:11:08 +0000 Friedberg details potato economics showing farmers spend 20-40% of $5,000 per acre revenue on current planting https://minutesof.com/q/e2f5bf43-e051-4e1a-a746-0a781099ad8d/ https://minutesof.com/q/e2f5bf43-e051-4e1a-a746-0a781099ad8d/ “And that $5,000 of revenue is requiring an investment of 1 to $2,000 an acre. So 20 to 40% of revenue to deal with all of the planting and fumigation and storage” — The Modern Acre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:54:41 +0000 farming Friedberg states farming is the single largest occupation globally by number of people employed. https://minutesof.com/q/ff20a47f-2a1a-47d6-b5b5-b0db636cac97/ https://minutesof.com/q/ff20a47f-2a1a-47d6-b5b5-b0db636cac97/ “If you ask someone what's the number one job on Earth? The the the highest job in terms of total number of people is farming.” — TED Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:23 +0000 farming