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Do We Want Food, Forests, or Wildlife?

Download PDF Conservationists and farmers, traditional antagonists, now demonstrate a remarkable degree of consensus: improving productivity and sustainability of agriculture on existing farmland is urgent for the survival of both wildlife and mankind.

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Farming to Sustain the Environment

 Download PDF The large increase in world food needs during the next fifty years will amplify the consequences of any policies and practices that lower farm productivity. Today’s modern high-yield farming practices are continuing to change and improve in efficiency, … Continue reading

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A Contract with Rural America

 Download PDF U.S. Farm subsidies and conservation programs need to be modified to avoid wasting good U.S. cropland. That would benefit farmers and other rural residents and supply food for a world which must triple its farm output during the … Continue reading

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Poverty Won’t Save the Planet

Download PDF The “Green” ecology movement has made environmentalism a global concern; however, it has been unable to offer helpful solutions for the many crises it has identified. The Greens are in real danger of giving environmentalism a bad name, … Continue reading

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