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=====This researcher seeks farming solutions that are easier on the land and more profitable===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/this-landscape-ecologist-searches-for-ways-that-agriculture-can-be-a-solution-to-its-own-problems by Bella Isaacs-Thomas 5/11/21 PBS NEWS] | |||
Agricultural practices generated 10 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2019. Excess nitrogen and phosphorus — standard soil nutrients found in manure or chemical fertilizers — can leak from croplands into nearby waterways and eat up the oxygen in aquatic ecosystems, sometimes killing the creatures that call them home, and even making humans sick. | |||
=====Ditching factory farming can help prevent another pandemic===== | =====Ditching factory farming can help prevent another pandemic===== | ||
[https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/362271/factory-farming-climate-movement-public-health-pandemics by Jonathan Safran Foer 7/8/24 Vox] | [https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/362271/factory-farming-climate-movement-public-health-pandemics by Jonathan Safran Foer 7/8/24 Vox] | ||
