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...really: was the tractor rampaging through the Yard simply carrying out another organic fertilization, or did President Faust decide that the colorful chairs need some New England farmland-style company...
Genetically modified cottonseeds will need government approval before they hit grocery shelves, and they're more likely to be used first to supplement fish or animal feed. But with the global population still on the rise and farmland limited, the planet can use free protein. And you might even like it. "It's not bad," says Rathore, who has popped a few seeds. "Tastes like chickpeas...
People have eaten meat three times a day for generations. They are fat now because they don't exercise and eat overprocessed food. The feedlot cattle you speak of become finer cuts of meat because corn gives the meat flavor. There is now less erosion in farmland than ever before. Yet we produce more food, cheaper than ever. If it worked that way in medicine, we wouldn't have a health-care crisis. Marcia Gorrell, MARSHALL...
...meantime, the family is trying to save. Brian's father, a barber with a shop opposite the courthouse, has some farmland outside of town. Brian planted a garden and takes home vegetables; Debbie calculates that they have shaved $125 a month off their grocery bill, but most of their savings come from other cutbacks. They dropped their membership at the local country club, saving $110 a month. They no longer spend $350 to $400 per month on babysitting now that Brian looks after Logan. Their weekly dinner date? Gone, saving another $175 or so per month...
...that's where the international community can help. Planting new trees on farmland could provide a needed carbon sink, especially if tropical deforestation continues. Right now agroforestry isn't a major part of international climate-change policy, but delegates at the U.N. global-warming summit in Copenhagen that will convene in December could change all that. By putting a greater carbon value on trees planted on farmland through a cap-and-trade program that would give companies a carbon credit for growing and maintaining trees, we could encourage the growth of agroforestry. It's not a perfect compensation for continued...