Let me start by apologizing for including so much in the last newsletter! I tried to encourage readers to focus primarily on the headline material, but I don’t think it worked and, as a result, I’m not sure people have read many of the resources included. I will aim to keep these newsletters more manageable going forward (but it’s hard!).
Onwards to discussion…
Does soil degradation (and its implication, potential food system failure) scare you as much as climate change? Do you believe regenerating soil and restructuring agriculture should be as high a priority as reducing GHG emissions? And…leading question here…do you think it’s possible that climate change, soil degradation, and other ecological crises are all rooted in the same underlying human causes — and that we can work to address all of them together with a holistic approach?
there is a very interesting article in recent New Yorker, about the degradation of British soil during the massive push to increase food production after WWII, and in response to the EU Common Agricultural Policy including massive farm subsidies. Beginning next year - a side benefit of Brexit - "Britain farming will transform to a new system of support, which will be linked to "public goods" such as water quality and biodiversity." A body known as Natural England is very activist in this area.
there is a very interesting article in recent New Yorker, about the degradation of British soil during the massive push to increase food production after WWII, and in response to the EU Common Agricultural Policy including massive farm subsidies. Beginning next year - a side benefit of Brexit - "Britain farming will transform to a new system of support, which will be linked to "public goods" such as water quality and biodiversity." A body known as Natural England is very activist in this area.
see https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/can-farming-make-space-for-nature