I remember cycling past corn fields on my way to school. What
ten-year-old me didn’t realise, of course, is that the huge machines and
the beautiful, tidy monotony of the fields were part of the world's
biggest problem; that 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions are related to
the agricultural sector; that agriculture, and animal agriculture in
particular, is the number one driver of deforestation worldwide.
It doesn’t have to be like
this. There are agricultural models that produce more and better food
while actually removing CO2 from the atmosphere. The global transition
from “destructive agriculture” towards “regenerative agriculture” is
possible, and it is necessary.
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