‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution. The damage inflicted by today’s food system is clear: one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions; ocean dead zones covering thousands of square miles; and 25bn-40bn tonnes of fertile topsoil lost each year.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/12/soil-is-more-important-than-oil-inside-the-perennial-grain-revolution

by The_Weekend_Baker

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  1. “It is easier to get a man to change his religion than to change his diet.”

    — Margaret Meade.

    “Civilization is only nine meals away from anarchy”

    — The head of the UK’s Countryside Agency, Lord Cameron of Dillington.

    You’re itching for a fight if you’re going to change people’s food. Ask any vegan…

    But I agree with you. I’ve tried to educate people on this exact issue. Unfortunately, it’s a lost cause. It needs to be done gradually, via economic incentives to move people away from unsustainable habits toward better ones. Taxes are the best tool for that. Sadly — tariffs.

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