As the Copenhagen conference on climate change draws nearer, Soil Association, a land based environmental awareness advocate whose primary concern is a "healthy soil, healthy people, healthy planet" will next month host an international conference in London focusing on current modes of production and consumption and what solutions and support are needed for change, writes Simba Nembaware.
The world’s food systems are facing unprecedented challenges. Against a background of ‘the perfect storm’ of climate change, water and fossil fuel depletion, population expansion and the shrinking area of agricultural land, new models of sustainable food systems are urgently needed.
Last year a major international report and assessment (IAASTD) involving 400 scientists and 110 countries concluded that the current industrial model based on high external inputs and globalised distribution, was neither sustainable nor resilient. The conference will also seek to assess if there has been change,18 months after the publication of the report.
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