There are currently 1 billion people in the world who
are hungry… there’s also another billion people who over eat unhealthy foods. Today,
food production around the world is mostly done through industrial agriculture,
and by judging the world’s current situation with obesity issues, worldwide
food shortages, and the destruction of soil, it may not be the best process in
use. We need to be able to feed our world without destroying it, and finding a
more sustainable approach to accomplishing that is becoming increasingly more
important.
The current
industrial system contributes to one-third of global greenhouse emissions, is a
tremendous user and polluter of our world’s water resources, and is a leading
contributor to malnutrition, heart-disease and obesity. Industrial agriculture is more a part of the problem
than the cure. It relies on the mass produced and mechanized labor-saving
policies that have pushed people out of rural areas and into cities,
consolidating land and resources into fewer hands.
Agroecology looks
to reduces agriculture’s impact on climate by working within natural systems. This is especially beneficial in rural areas, because
agroecology makes the local community a major part of the growing process from
seed to mouth. The approach can conserve and protect soil and water — through
terracing, contour farming, intercropping, and agroforestry — techniques which
are especially beneficial in poorer areas where farmers lack modern irrigation
infrastructure, or have farms situated on hillsides and other difficult farming
sites.
Data: 03.10.2012
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