How about if we don't feed 9 billion people, don't make the inevitable even worse by putting it off yet another 30 years, and instead pay the human cost of not inflicting more ecocide on the planet. The most recent 2.5 billion came from turning oil into food; we're way, way past carrying capacity in a way that adopting a "drill, baby, drill" attitude toward food won't change. More food makes more people. More people increase human impact. That's just physics. Does anyone else see this?
The longer we put off nature's turn to come to bat, the harder she'll swing at us.
Toby
http://patternliteracy.com
On Nov 21, 2012, at 1:07 PM, David Fortson wrote:
Hi friends,
We are just returning from the Albuquerque, New Mexico fully inspired that we can sustainably feed 9 billion people. Almost 600 hundred young agrarians, ranchers, farmers, non-profit, business and government officials attended.
This event featured Allan Savory, organic labeling expert Katherine DiMatteo, former presidential advisor Gus Speth, forest hero Glora Flora, water expert Sandra Postel, seed expert Molly Jahn and more. http://quiviracoalition.org/Annual_Conference/2012_Speakers/
We posted a summary and photos of the event here:
http://bit.ly/RRgIgz
We'll post videos of some of the top lectures within the next two weeks.
Best
David
David Fortson
LoaTree
...Live for a Better World
805.450.2357
LoaLiving Magazine
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