permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

Food Forests wrote:
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 7:12 PM
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/opinion/24Despommier.html?_r=1
>  
> By DICKSON D. DESPOMMIER
> IF climate change and population growth progress at their
> current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will
> no longer exist. This means that the majority of people
> could soon be without enough food or water. But there is a
> solution that is surprisingly within reach: Move most
> farming into cities, and grow crops in tall, specially
> constructed buildings. It’s called vertical farming.

Its a nice idea to add this type of eco-living-food production system but to 
say
that will be all that's left after 50 years is absurd and depressing. 
Obviously the author is tapping hotbutton issues
and lacks any real interest in bio farming or agriculture in general, 
probably knows very little about same.