The world’s most damaging farm products? Organic pasture-fed beef and lamb. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th August 2022 Perhaps the most important of all environmental issues is land use. Every hectare of land we use for extractive industries is a hectare that can’t support wild forests, savannahs, wetlands, natural grasslands and other […]
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As environmental breakdown threatens to render large parts of the planet unfarmable, how can mass starvation best be averted? By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 22nd August 2022 This is my response to the open letter from my friend Jyoti Fernandes, published on the website of the Landworkers’ Alliance. Dear Jyoti, I’m not sure whether […]
Livestock farming is responsible for more greenhouse gas pollution than all the world’s transport. Yet governments won’t touch it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian November 9th 2022 There are just two actions needed to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown: leave fossil fuels in the ground and stop farming animals. But, thanks to the power […]