1/16/2012

Today's video: The Other Inconvenient Truth: Agriculture and Land Use

As 70 percent of world's population will be living in cities by 2050, along with climate change, another issue: Agriculture. This video of Jonathan Foley's conference, TED's Talks highlights how Agriculture is changing the face of our planet:
We typically think of climate change as the biggest environmental issue we face today. But maybe it's not? In this presentation, Jonathan Foley shows how agriculture and land use are maybe a bigger culprit in the global environment, and could grow even larger as we look for to feed over 9 billion people in the future.



Video Credit: TED's Talks.

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