Fred Kirschenmann: The Future of Agriculture-Part 1

Visit us on the web for more video stories, and information: Cooking Up a Story (http://cookingupastory.com). Fred Kirschenmann steadfastly warns us, conventional agriculture, and its heavy dependence upon fossil fuels, and irrigated water, simply will not continue to offer a viable means for feeding the world. We have been drawing upon natures reserves of stored energy (hydrocarbons) and water resources at unsustainable rates, and those finite resources are diminishing rapidly; technology alone, will not provide substitute solutions. The argument that conventional agriculture (modern industrial farming) is necessary in order to meet the needs of a growing global population, simply ignores the realities of the elephants in the room. Sustainability, with an emphasis upon the concept of resiliency, and a renewed respect for maintaining the fertility (quality) of the soil, is to Kirschenmann now, the foundation of a new food system toward creating a food revolution.

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[cookingupastory]

@WhiteTiger333

I agree with you. It's similar to the 30 years we wasted after the energy crisis in 1973, and after Carter tried to warn the American people about our over-dependence on oil (fossil fuels). Of course, he failed to win re-election, and Ronald Reagan helped propel us forward (proudly) as a nation unconcerned with our energy future.

[LT0WnWaRi0]

kirschenman -thats one hell of german name :DD

cool that his family kept their german and dont renamed to smith and all the other ones :D

[Fantageous]

@CMLovejoy basically our fish tank is overstocked

[charkee1]

The energy Elephant, talk about thinking in the box. 4th generation nuclear energy is safe, efficient and clean. Fusion is feasable and fuel is virtually limitless. India, China and even South Africa are ahead of us in nuclear technology.

The silly whining about water shortages, still thinking in the box. NAWAPA, let bring milliions of acre feet down from Alaska and Canada. Put millions back to work with this modern TVA. Thinking in the box is not "sustainable".

[charkee1]

@impalapez If there is overproduction then why is there hunger in the USA? Why is malnutrition the #1 cause of death of children in Latin America? Africa? Asia? The world? The Food Cartel is lying to the farmers, lying about overproduction to loot the American family farm. No ag magazine or university has the guts to take them on, they all pretend the Food Cartel does not exist, while our farmers are getting screwed.

[LoveLoveSining]

It is because people are not seeing it. It is up to people like us to show them videos books and educate them.

[tasha122277]

Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we lose every year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.

[impalapez]

OVERproduction, and waste of food supply is the reason...along w/ dependence on oil for everything...fertiliser, fuel, etc...

Nature is incredibly abundant...

[ubuibiok]

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