Agriculture
The agro-industry sector is feeding people and starving the planet. In 1962, one farmer fed 25.8 persons; today it is 155. But our mechanistic, chemical-intensive methods are turning biologically rich soil into sterile dirt. As a result, nutrients in our foods have declined up to 80% since 1940. You have to eat 8 oranges today to get the same amount of vitamin A as our grandparents got from eating one. If we change the approach to regenerative, organic and biodynamic farming, agricultural land could absorb more than our annual carbon emissions each year. It’s time to save our soil.
— Wayne Visser
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