The
truth, though, is that corporate systems of chemical agriculture, which are
centered around the large-scale growing of individual COMMODITY crops, are what
has reached a peak. These unsustainable growing methods not only damage soils
but also spur the proliferation of pests and weeds that further inhibit yields.
The problem isn't too many people in the world but too many factory farms
that are chemical-intensive and environmentally destructive. Large-scale
commodity plantations like those currently growing millions of acres of
soybeans and corn, for instance, are stripping our soils of nutrients and
rapidly destroying arable land all around the world.
If
these centralized, top-down systems controlled by multinational corporations
were replaced by renewable, bottom-up systems where the people are in charge,
keeping up with food production would cease to be an issue. Decentralized,
organic, renewable growing methods have proven time and time again to produce
less waste and higher yields.
No comments:
Post a Comment