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Dat twitte vanmorgen agri-journalist Jan Braakman. Hij zag een bericht in de New York Times en vroeg zich af of dat een trend zal worden in 2012. De voedselprijzen stijgen zo snel dat Amerikaanse boeren bomen rooien, golfbanen omploegen en zelfs helemaal niet zo goede grond in bouwland omzetten. In Iowa zijn ze er niettemin niet allemaal even enthousiast over.
De New York Times schrijft:
“One day it’s grassland, and the next day it’s black dirt,” said Jim Ringelman, the North Dakota-based director of conservation programs for Ducks Unlimited, a hunting and conservation group worried about the trend. “It’s that quick.”
There are no encompassing statistics about how much land is being cleared, but farmers and environmentalists around the region agree that the available figures and anecdotal evidence suggest a significant increase in the amount of dormant land going back into production. There is debate over whether this should be a source of concern.
Craig Cox, the head of the Midwest office of the Environmental Working Group, which has released a report warning about farmland erosion, stressed that the more aggressive farming tactics, like removing trees that act as windbreaks or buffer areas that surround streams, put both land and water at risk.
“It’s really disturbing,” Mr. Cox said. “Farmers are pushing as hard as possible to get every last bushel out of every last acre.”
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“One day it’s grassland, and the next day it’s black dirt,” said Jim Ringelman, the North Dakota-based director of conservation programs for Ducks Unlimited, a hunting and conservation group worried about the trend. “It’s that quick.”
There are no encompassing statistics about how much land is being cleared, but farmers and environmentalists around the region agree that the available figures and anecdotal evidence suggest a significant increase in the amount of dormant land going back into production. There is debate over whether this should be a source of concern.
Craig Cox, the head of the Midwest office of the Environmental Working Group, which has released a report warning about farmland erosion, stressed that the more aggressive farming tactics, like removing trees that act as windbreaks or buffer areas that surround streams, put both land and water at risk.
“It’s really disturbing,” Mr. Cox said. “Farmers are pushing as hard as possible to get every last bushel out of every last acre.”
Lees verder op de site van The New York Times
Fotocredits: oakleyoriginals
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