And now, a “Plan Sea” is gaining momentum.Īnd that’s good news, because ocean crop farming, principally growing and harvesting kelp and other kinds of seaweed, shows great promise as a sustainable alternative to today’s chemically intensive land-based agriculture. People who respect animals and want to help combat the climate crisis are choosing Plan B-a plant-based diet. Such farming practices have also degraded the very thing all terrestrial food production depends on: the soil. On the 11% of land used for crop production by subsistence farmers and Big Ag alike, toxic pesticides and fertilizers have wreaked environmental havoc and sparked steep declines in wildlife and biodiversity. Much of that acreage is devoted to the cruel practice of raising animals for slaughter.
In the relentless race to feed billions of people, and to maximize profit while doing so, the world’s increasingly globalized agriculture industry has gobbled up nearly half of the planet’s habitable land.
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