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Letter: We can't ignore root cause of the food crisis

Published 1 January 2025

From Graham Cooper, Hollacombe, Devon, UK

The climate-related food crisis is a consequence of overpopulation, causing the destruction of huge areas of natural environment by animal farming in particular and intensive chemical agriculture, both highly polluting (16 November 2024, p 44).

The constant quest to defeat nature with chemicals, intensive farming, genetic engineering etc. only offers stop-gap measures. Eventually, the house of cards will collapse. The maxim “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” is a reality being ignored.

Issue no. 3524 published 4 January 2025

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