Rangeland Conservation Key to Weathering Changes in Food Production
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 15:28
in Earth & Climate
Rangelands--During the past century, food production in the United States has achieved a remarkable degree of efficiency and the cost of food has remained low, but some of the conditions that made such a system possible are changing. Rising human population, water shortages, and depletion of fossil fuels all threaten current food production systems. In short, the era of cheap food may well be coming to an end.