BBC Farming Today broadcast on 14 Feb, 2025
According to the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology World Wide Agriculture would collapse if Pesticides were not used. This statement just shows how far away were are from success being led by groups like this. All they do is point out the problems. They seldom offer any solutions.
The problem is the mainstream Agricultural world is being led by the wrong people.
We don’t use any Pesticides at all in our growing systems. We have never done so in 30 years and we have bigger and better crops than any mainstream fruit and veg farming system.
What we can learn from this is that if we don’t stop the use of these toxic poisonous substances in our food production we are going to be faced with collapse of Agricultural systems because bio diversity will be so far challenged. You can’t have both. You can’t have unchallenged biodiversity and use chemicals in your Agriculture. This is a contradiction in terms.
AI tells us
The collapse of agricultural systems could lead to food scarcity, price inflation, and environmental damage.
Food security
- Food scarcity: Reduced domestic production could lead to shortages of food.
- Price inflation: With less food produced domestically, prices of food items could increase.
- Food insecurity: A country that relies more on food imports is more vulnerable to supply chain disruptions and market fluctuations.
Environmental damage
- Biodiversity loss: Large-scale farms often use monocultures that reduce biodiversity.
- Soil degradation: Industrial agriculture can lead to soil degradation and water pollution.
- Deforestation: Industrial agriculture can lead to deforestation.
Cultural impact
- Loss of cultural heritage: The loss of small farms means the loss of traditional agricultural knowledge and cultural identity.
Factors that threaten food systems Climate breakdown, Crop losses, Structural reasons similar to those that caused the financial crisis in 2008, and Flash droughts and heatwaves in grain-producing regions.
To make agriculture more sustainable, some suggest:
- Working with nature, not against it
- Making diets more plant-based, healthy, and sustainable
- Rethinking agriculture and food systems
If our AI is telling us this then why don’t we do it. We don’t do it because we don’t know how to do it.
Consult us for answers!