Food Mythbusters: Do we need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
from Grist with thanks
Are you tired of hearing claims that chemical-intensive monocultures are the only way to feed the planet’s growing population? With the first in her series of “mythbusting” videos, Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet and occasional Grist contributor, takes on this point directly.
She argues that, in fact, a network of small-scale, independent farms using diversified, sustainable practices and a shift in the way the food we already grow gets eaten will go a long way toward solving the problem without such a heavy reliance on corporate agriculture.
Take a look and tell us what you think.
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comments…
Great job!! I think the feed the world lie is an important one to correct. A lot of people believe it, not in small part because the corporate media also unquestioningly repeats it.
I’d just like to add that industrial agriculture itself is in fact one of the biggest threats to world food production as it is the largest single contributor of green house gasses, and global warming will be disastrous for agriculture.
TorusTattoo 7 hours ago
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