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<div id="Outline"><p id="BlogTitle">Published Today on ISN: The Founding Fables of Industrialised Agriculture<br></p>
<div id="BlogContent"><p>Independent<em> Science News</em> today published “<a href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/" rel="external">The Founding Fables of Industrialised Agriculture</a> <sup>[1]</sup>” by Colin Tudge, writer and co-founder of <a href="http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/" rel="external">The Campaign for Real Farming</a> <sup>[2]</sup> and the <a href="http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/the-college/" rel="external">College for Enlightened Agriculture</a> <sup>[3]</sup>.</p><p>Article synopsis: Industrial agriculture “<em>is a far bigger threat to humanity than North Korea or “terrorism”, or the collapse of banks or dwindling oil”. </em>Responsible
for, among other things, climate change, water pollution, ill health,
and the destruction of soils, small-scale farming, and rural
communities, it has been sold to the public on a series of mythological
propositions. Principal among these myths are monoculture agriculture’s
“high yields and efficiency”, smallholder farming’s “inadequacy”, and
the “food productivity crisis”. Journalists, politicians, and especially
academics, propagate these myths — apparently unaware of their contradiction by evidence. Demolishing these myths and halting the march of industrial farming, therefore, “<em>is the cause of our age….whatever else we may aspire to do, agriculture is the thing we absolutely have to get right.</em>”</p><p>The article can be read in its entirety at <em>Independent Science News</em>: <a href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/" rel="external">http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/</a> <sup>[1]</sup></p><p>Colin Tudge is author of <em>So Shall We Reap</em> and many other books about agriculture.<br>
His latest book (highly recommended by the Bioscience Resource Project) <a href="http://www.paripublishing.com/en/books/goodfood/book" rel="external"><em>Good Food for Everyone Forever: A people’s takeover of the food supply </em></a> <sup>[4]</sup>expands on the topics covered in “<a href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/" rel="external">The Founding Fables of Industrialised Agriculture</a> <sup>[1]</sup>“.
Eloquent and to the point, Tudge clarifies what is wrong with
industrial agriculture and what is needed for a switch to enlightened
farming — farming designed specifically to feed good food to everyone
forever.</p>
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<hr class="Divider" style="text-align: center;"><p>Article printed from Bioscience Resource Project: <strong dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.bioscienceresource.org">http://www.bioscienceresource.org</a></strong></p><p>URL to article: <strong dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.bioscienceresource.org/2013/10/published-today-on-isn-the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/">http://www.bioscienceresource.org/2013/10/published-today-on-isn-the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/</a></strong></p><p>URLs in this post:</p><p style="margin: 2px 0;">[1] The Founding Fables of Industrialised Agriculture: <b><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/">http://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/</a></span></b></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;">[2] The Campaign for Real Farming: <b><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/">http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/</a></span></b></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;">[3] College for Enlightened Agriculture: <b><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/the-college/">http://www.campaignforrealfarming.org/the-college/</a></span></b></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;">[4] <em>Good Food for Everyone Forever: A people’s takeover of the food supply </em>: <b><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.paripublishing.com/en/books/goodfood/book">http://www.paripublishing.com/en/books/goodfood/book</a></span></b></p><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="text-align: right;" id="print-link">Click <a href="http://www.bioscienceresource.org/2013/10/published-today-on-isn-the-founding-fables-of-industrialised-agriculture/print/#Print" onclick="window.print(); return false;" title="Click here to print.">here</a> to print.</p>
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