regional and organic agriculture
Agribusiness grew out of left-over chemicals from the bomb making business of World War II. We need to re-regionalize and localize agriculture and invest in soil building to improve fertility, prevent soil erosion and grow healthy, organic food. By growing food in regionally, through investment in small farms rather than in the massive agribusiness that controls our food supply today we will improve the environment and the health of our citizens. We will help to solve the energy crisis and global warming by not transporting food the average of 1500 miles each item now travels. Read Michael Pollan's Farmer in Chief article in the New York Times of October and follow this excellent advice to grow food in cities' school yards, home yards, vacant land and farms near to cities . Green our roofs with food growing systems.