We are living with a broken food system. It needs to be replaced urgently for the benefit of all people, and the planet. Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles – based on a growing body of scientific evidence.
Ecological Farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and healthy food. It protects the soil, the water and the climate. It does not contaminate the environment with chemical inputs or use genetically engineered crops. And it places people and farmers – consumers and producers, rather than the corporations who control our food now – at its very heart.
It is a vision of sustainability, equity and food sovereignty in which safe and healthy food is grown to meet fundamental human needs, and where control over food and farming rests with local communities, rather than transnational corporations.
Discussion
Ecological farming is overlapped by industrial farming. If no measures taken, chemicals are a threat for environment and soil destruction.
This is already known and is happening so how do 'WE' protect crops and animals against pests and diseases. Do we inoculate cattle as an example against Tb, Foot and Mouth etc. How do we protect crops from disease and pests aphids and insects.
I am not a great fan of pesticides and herbicides but crops need some kind of protection. Some kind of gene manipulation could be required to overcome these as well as better use of natural preditors providing we don't end up with the Cane Frog situation as happened in Australia. A lot of 'Farming Innovations' are bought about by Ag Chemical companies , Machinery manufacturers and so on so how is their influence and greed to sell products going to be curtailed. Changes to farming methods have been going on since the Agrarian Revolution so will need to look back at history to go forward