Brian H wrote:
Ugh. Buzz-word/code-word recommendations that we live in some kind of 18th C dreamland. With, necessarily, the same population levels (say, a billion W/W or so.)
Fuggedaboudit.
http://www.soilassociation.org/Whyorganic/Climatefriendlyfoodandfarming/Reports/tabid/387/Default.aspx
Sustainable means that – sustainable. Capable of feeding the world, on a sustainable basis. Intensive arable farming leads to soil erosion and podsolization. Intensive pastoral farming is the reason that food for humans is too expensive for the poorest.