The issue of feeding the world is perhaps, alongside global warming and expanding populations, the most important challenge we and future generations have to face. Of course, they are all linked.
Like most people we just want to get on with our lives and not have to think about what looks like an increasingly bleak prospect for the future, but can we afford to? It's up to each of us to decide. What we do urge is that you read this article. What it has to say seriously affects not just our planet, but our health. Secondly, we ask that your forward it to your friends. We're in this together.
Here are the first couple of paras to get you started. (Click on 'this article' (in green above) to read the rest)
Organic can feed the world
by Maria Rodale
(September 2010) — You probably buy organic food because you believe it’s better for your health and the environment but you also may have heard criticism that “organic cannot feed the world.”
Biotech and chemical companies have spent billions of dollars trying to make us think that synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are necessary to feed a growing population. But science indicates otherwise.
There’s clear and conclusive scientific data showing organic agriculture is key not only to solving global hunger but also to curbing global warming, promoting public health, revitalizing farming communities, and restoring the environment.
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