Agriculture and population.Your recent essay "Ripe for Change: Agriculture's Tipping Point The point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. See network effect. See also tip and ring. " [by Claire Cummings, July/August 2006], was good in so many ways. However, it failed to state that in order for any society, and its agriculture, to be sustainable for the long term, that society must have a stable population, stable at a number that ecologically productive land and water can support. With world (and U.S.) population still growing at an unsustainable rate, there is no way that sustainable agriculture sustainable agriculture n. A method of agriculture that attempts to ensure the profitability of farms while preserving the environment. will feed all the people. If we want to eliminate agribusiness and its harmful practices, as well as eradicate poverty, we must stabilize, and probably lower, the world's population. MARILYN HEMPEL Pop!ulation [sic] Press Redlands, California For other uses of the term "Redlands", see Redlands. Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,591. , U.S.A. Talk to us! Please include your home town, country, and phone number (not for publication). Letters may be edited for clarity or brevity Brevity Adonis’ garden of short life. [Br. Lit.: I Henry IV] bubbles symbolic of transitoriness of life. [Art: Hall, 54] cherry fair cherry orchards where fruit was briefly sold; symbolic of transience. . Send them to: tprugh@worldwatch.org --or-- Editor, World Watch 1776 Massachusetts Avenue Massachusetts Avenue may refer to:
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