United Nations Calls for an End to Industrialized Farming

[RiverLover]

40. Here's the report~

http://unctad.org/en/pages/PressRelease.aspx?OriginalVersionID=154

When I read it, that is the conclusion I come to as well. Although they use much fancier words.

The report emphasizes that a shift is necessary towards diverse production patterns that reflect the “multi-functionality” of agriculture and enhance closed nutrient cycles. Moreover, as the environmental costs of industrial agriculture are largely not accounted for, governments should act to ensure that more food is grown where it is needed. It recommends adjusting trade rules to encourage “as much regionalized/localized food production as possible; as much traded food as necessary.”

That's just one extract from the report, but they also talk of the widespread poisoning of chemicals in farming. ("Two types of irreparable environmental damage have already been caused by agriculture: nitrogen contamination of soil and water, and loss of biodiversity;&quot This would lead to the logical conclusion that they favor less use of chemical fertilizers & greater controls in disposal of manure from large animal feeding operations or even the end of LAFOs, as well as controls on fields where manure is used in both organic & traditional ag...

It is possible to reach that conclusion when reading it. But I understand some people are unable to take 2 + 2 and get 4 unless someone else spells it out for them. It is has to be from what they deem as a "CREDIBLE" source.