How the Fires Are Linked to Climate Chaos, Soil Health & Food Choices –
In late 2017, Northern Californians suffered a firestorm in eight counties simultaneously, followed by the devastating Thomas Fire (now the largest in state history) in Southern California.
A University of Oxford think-tank, the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN), has come out with a report, Grazed and Confused, that likens 100-percent grass-fed beef to that produced on a 10,000-cow confined animal feedlot operation (CAFO) like Harris Ranch on Interstate 5 in Central California—calling them basically the same in climate impacts.
Yes, Houston, we have a problem: Our oceans are dying. As the brilliant futurist Buckminster Fuller used to point out, our Spaceship Earth is hurtling through space at a great speed.
It turns out that automotive emissions are not the greatest culprit in global warming. We now know that manufactured fertilizers and confined animal feedlot operations give off more greenhouse gases than all transportation methods combined. And that’s why the solution to our global food and environmental crisis is literally under our feet.
Learn more about The Solution Under Our Feet: How Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Save the Planet, originally published by EcoWatch.
