Posts Tagged ‘Earth Day’
Sustainability trade-offs on Earth Day: Episode 38
Did you know the term “sustainable” is used in food marketing to achieve price advantage, without any science backing the claim? In this Earth Day episode, Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, a livestock geneticist at University of California, Davis, sheds light on why genetics is an important component of sustainability. She also warns that anytime breeding innovations are taken off the shelf (e.g., GMOs), the tradeoff a less sustainable food production system.
Read MoreChanging the Earth with Every Bite
The last line of Food, Inc. is “You can change the world one bite at a time” – a point Michele agrees with. She writes about how a conversation is in order to overcome the cultural divide between farmers and people not on afarm. You can change with world with a bite of your tongue and a bite of conversation. And remember, there are two kinds of forks – the ones you eat with and the ones you pitch manure with.
Read MoreIndustrial Agriculture & Sustainability
Entrepreneurs in agriculture work to create a truly sustainable society, one that includes food for people living in poverty beyond your imagination. Shouldn’t true sustainability put food production back in its rightful place of providing for basic human needs? The U.N. has called for 100% increase in world food production to feed an expected population of 9 billion by 2050. I fully believe that we need to leave the world a better place and protect environmental, but also believe in utilizing technology to meet human needs – and not just those closest to the Whole Foods Market.
Read MoreThe First Environmentalist: A Farmer
If you want a dose of reality about the environmental push against food production, look no further Greenpeace’s ranting at https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/green-living-guide/on-your-plate. They also have an extensive report available targeting agriculture’s role in greenhouse emissions in Europe. As I review this and other reports of how modern day farming is poisoning the land in mass media, I always…
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