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The Other Inconvenient Truth: How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet

The Other Inconvenient Truth: How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet

2012-04-08
Source: TED


 

 

A skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. At TEDxTC Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need the begin "terraculture" -- farming for the whole planet.

Jonathan Foley studies complex environmental systems and their affects on society. His computer models have shown the deep impact agriculture is having on our planet.





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