Ever-Growing Human Demands Stress Biosphere: The Case of Fertilizers, Livestock Production and Dead Zones
The BBC reports that a recent scientific study in the journal Nature Communications indicates that global food production requires a “significant” boost... Read More
Fish Depletion Signals the Reality of Limits
If human population keeps growing, will we humans – or at least many of us – run out of food? No way,... Read More
Genetically Modified Organisms: Unleashing 21st Century Frankenstein on the Natural World
In the 20st century, the human multitude rearranged rivers, deserts, rainforests and the oceans to suit its voracious appetite for dominance over... Read More
Population Growth Increases Food Imports, Insecurity
The Worldwatch Institute reports that global imports of grain grew by more than five times over the last half century, from just... Read More
Mass of Man Makes a Mess
The takeover and makeover of Planet Earth by human beings have been well documented by generations of scientists, naturalists and poets. Ten... Read More
Latest Reality Check: Still Only One Habitable Planet – Better Caregiving Needed
Physicist Stephen Hawking recently said, “I think the human race has no future if it doesn’t go into space.” Moving off planet... Read More
Soil Erosion Threatens Food Production
Soil erosion is a significant global problem, warned scientists at a recent conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.... Read More
Food Grows Where Water Flows
The Huffington Post helpfully informs us that “if you like to eat, you should really be worried about California’s drought.” Even those... Read More
More questions than answers…
David Richardson farms 1000 acres of land in the UK along with his wife and son. In January 2011, he submitted an... Read More