>>11278176Deforestation in 3rd world countries is the problem, notably in south america in the Amazon, they are not feeding us, but feeding other countries, as Americans like their meat locally raised. In the US, there are enough open plains and open grasslands still available for even more cattle to graze without having to deforest. Also, large companies in the US replant entire forests, and use cycle planting/lumbering to replenish and attempt to create sustainable lumbering. On top of that, they have begun trying to implement mass hydroponic planting in huge warehouse with multi-levels, and also using old mines to farm as well. I came across an interesting article where a botanist was attempting to breed/create super foliage and trees to convert oxygen faster and in larger amounts. Things are not as gloom and doom as they see, but we could definitely use more brain power being thrown at the problem, as well as far more sustainability measures. Notably, getting off plastic and going to glass. Also, there is that inventor who is creating a giant looking stingray machine to skim the top of the ocean to collect plastic and debris. What worries me far more than farming and cattle raising are the oceans, mass fishing and mass pollution. The loss of the oceans is where all effort should be focused right now.
