Eco Design + Living

As industrial agriculture is under attack from Michael Pollan and his followers, the debate over how we transition to sustainable agriculture AND feed the world’s population rages on. One ‘agri-intellectual’ addresses the criticisms and misleading arguments of one farmer, who defends the combined use of GM seed and herbicides as a solution to reducing soil erosion. Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma is at the center of this much needed discussion.

Read Tom Phillpot’s essay, An ‘agri-intellectual’ talks back, in response to Blake Hurst’s essay, The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals. Any thoughts or comments?

Following up on my post, What is Sustainability?, I couldn’t help but share this line from a recent talk by Dmitry Orlov. “Industrial products that help the environment are a bit of an oxymoron. It’s a bit like trying to bail out the Titanic using plastic teaspoons.”

Gotta love him.

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