Ample, nutritious diets and a food system that works in harmony with nature, not against it
Our food and agriculture policies will:
- Support and encourage voluntary contraction of the U.S. and world population (fewer people need less food)
- Minimize food waste
- Shift consumption from meat to a plant-based diet (livestock requires more land and water, and has a larger carbon footprint)
- Support and incentivize local food networks
- Support and incentivize small, local farms and manual labor
- Support and incentivize energy and water efficient irrigation
- Eliminate support for mechanized, industrial-scale farming
- Eliminate use of artificial, fossil-fuel-based fertilizers, and chemical pesticides and herbicides
- Eliminate concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)
- Discourage long-distance (especially international) food distribution
LEARN MORE
If the World Adopted a Plant-Based Diet We Would Reduce Global Agricultural Land Use From 4 to 1 Billion Hectares – by Hannah Ritchie
Ten Reasons to Eat Less Meat – Reducetarian Foundation
Impact of Livestock on Global Emissions
Rapid Global Phaseout of Animal Agriculture Has the Potential to Stabilize Greenhouse Gas Levels for 30 Years and Offset 68 Percent of CO2 Emissions This Century – by Michael B. Eisen and Patrick O. Brown
The Facts About Food Miles – by Paul Allen
What Is a Community Garden – Benefits & How to Start Your Own – by Amy Livingston
Farmers Markets – Farmers Market Coalition
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program
Environmental Impacts of Extreme Animal Confinement – Center for Biological Diversity
Animal Rights and the Food Industry – by Clare Carlile
Introduction to Energy Efficient Irrigation
An Ambitious Mapping Project Identifies the Overlap Between Crops and Biodiversity Threats – by Emma Bryce
LONGER READS:
An Agroecological Model for the End of the Oil Age – by Karl North