Warm, wet rainforest teaming with life is where plants grow best, right? Sure, that makes sense. Most of the earth is far from lush.
Category - Food Ecology
Mark
Slowing biodiversity loss by designating half the world as a nature reserve
Slowing biodiversity loss is more than a desire, it is an imperative if we are to feed everyone well. The problem is that the ideas to slow extinction rates often involve a compromise with food production and other land...
Sustainability in ecological time | Thermodynamics and implications for food production
Sustainability's definition "use without depletion for future generations" is a fantasy because of one challenge—sustainability in ecological time.
The soil organic carbon debt
A third of greenhouse gas emissions is lost from soil—a soil organic carbon debt borrowed against our children's futures.
Resilience and resistance are not the same when growing food
I get knocked down, but I get up again. So goes the song, and so too our food production systems. At least, we hope they do.
Agriculture emits greenhouse gases
Agricultural practices are the source of over a quarter of GHG emissions. How we grow our food and fibre is a significant source of atmospheric pollution—a challenging but necessary admission.
Food security definition describes the most humanitarian concept around
The food security definition of everyone with sufficient, safe and nutritious food always is the most egalitarian in the diplomatic lexicon. We like it, and here is why.
Comment | A possum problem
None of the integration of food, ecology and diet advocated here on sustainably FED is easy. There are many challenges in a more ecological way of feeding everyone well.
Avoid confusion over important terms
Nature includes biodiversity and biodiversity helps deliver ecosystem services while conservation assigns value to some of the components. How sure are you of the meaning of these technical terms?
Resilience of people, communities, and ecosystems are not the same thing
Finding and keeping enough food is every organism’s bane. The endless foraging means risking being foraged or failing to find enough food. Success is longevity and the ultimate aim of making more.
