Our modern food system is highly productive, highly efficient, and tremendously fragile. Today we explore the flip side of the Green Revolution and talk about environmental costs including synthetic fertilizer, antibiotics, chemical and "superweeds." A brief foray into manure management, and then a deep dive into our "oligarchic, corporate food regime." And finally, Caroline leaves the stats and analysis behind to speak from a place of values regarding animal confinement.

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Sources:

Aurora Blue Farm website, Aurora Blue Farm Instagram

https://ourworldindata.org/fertilizers

https://ourworldindata.org/reducing-fertilizer-use

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25785

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/no-silver-bullet-solution-norman-borlaug-and-green-revolution/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/magazine/superweeds-monsanto.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33592098/

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00433-19

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42740

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/farm-business-income/

https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88057/eib-189.pdf?v=43172

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-food-giants-reap-enormous-profits.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/28/usda-to-pay-farmers-who-euthanized-animals-amid-meat-plant-shutdowns-501271

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20220119/114345/HHRG-117-JU05-20220119-SD006.pdf

https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/SeedsReport.pdf