While climate change has become the focus point of environmental debate, world land use deserves just as much concern. Thirty percent of non-ice land on earth is used for agriculture, and the practices we use are degrading the quality of these ecosystems, if not completely destroying them. Current agricultural practices have fundamentally affected the chemistry of the earth, distributing phosphorous and nitrogen where it is not usually found, creating dead zones in my waterways.
This pollution affects ecosystem balances and their function, leading to degradation of their services. Also, one third of the three top green house gas emissions result from agricultural practices, including deforestation.
Is it possible to balance environmental concerns with production needs?
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