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The Need for Sustainable Agriculture

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With the current buzz about sustainability, here's the big question: Sustainable agriculture -- Is it in your future? These are tumultuous times. Global warming and environmental degradation are serious threats to the future of our world. The current economic situation is somewhat bleak and recovery is slow. Fear of the future is ever-present in many minds. The problem is that even if we acknowledge the environmental seriousness, the financial considerations, and the reservation we feel hold us back from making significant movement toward positive change. On the other hand, to do nothing spells certain disaster in our future. Sustainability has many definitions depending upon who is defining it! I define it as agricultural practices that consider, address and improve the environmental, social, and economic aspects of the operation. It's like a three-legged stool. There must be three legs of the same length and in some reasonable configuration in order to have balance and stabi...