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Author, activist and consultant Debbie Barker talks about the consequences of continuing to try to feed our world using the industrial agriculture model. "We have a system where we're rewarding farmers and rural communities for doing the kinds of farming that are environmentally harmful and have not been economically prosperous for a majority of farmers in rural communities. And we need to turn that around," says Debbie. These practices need to change not just for our farmers, but for our world.
Author, activist and consultant Debbie Barker talks about the consequences of continuing to try to feed our world using the industrial agriculture model. "We have a system where we're rewarding farmers and rural communities for doing the kinds of farming that are environmentally harmful and have not been economically prosperous for a majority of farmers in rural communities. And we need to turn that around," says Debbie. These practices need to change not just for our farmers, but for our world.