One Reason to Go Veg
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YPNation contributor Kate Tighe writes our food production system is in dire need of an overhaul: http://www.ypnation.net/one-reason-go-veg-0
Here's an excerpt: "But this narrative does not address a number of critical factors in our food production system. I spoke with Sushil Pandey, an economist at the International Rice Research Institute here in the Philippines (the group responsible for the first Green Revolution). He laid out for me a few of the many reasons why the cost of rice, specifically, and food more generally, will continue to be high and volatile. Namely, the earth has to produce food for more people than ever before, on less arable land than ever before; that meat-based diets require more grains and feed less people than plant-based diets; and that as China, India, Brazil and other developing nations get richer, more of them will opt for meat-based diets. Dr. Robert Zeigler, director general at IRRI lays these arguments out well in this BBC piece. In addition, I've spoken with Philippine farmers who claim that a changing climate is upending their traditional farming knowledge, and challenging harvests."
Here's an excerpt: "But this narrative does not address a number of critical factors in our food production system. I spoke with Sushil Pandey, an economist at the International Rice Research Institute here in the Philippines (the group responsible for the first Green Revolution). He laid out for me a few of the many reasons why the cost of rice, specifically, and food more generally, will continue to be high and volatile. Namely, the earth has to produce food for more people than ever before, on less arable land than ever before; that meat-based diets require more grains and feed less people than plant-based diets; and that as China, India, Brazil and other developing nations get richer, more of them will opt for meat-based diets. Dr. Robert Zeigler, director general at IRRI lays these arguments out well in this BBC piece. In addition, I've spoken with Philippine farmers who claim that a changing climate is upending their traditional farming knowledge, and challenging harvests."
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- Green
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- tags:
- Vegetarian, Food Crisis, food production
