OPINION: How can Wisconsin find its way with food, land and water?


OPINION: How can Wisconsin find its way with food, land and water?


Wisconsin’s toughest water quality challenges are tied to food and land use. The problems run deep and touch everyone.

Gov. Tony Evers’ “Year of Clean Drinking Water” is now half over. The Legislature has appointed a Water Quality Task Force, but does it have solutions? Wisconsin’s toughest water quality challenges are tied to food and land use. The problems run deep and touch everyone.

In Wisconsin, we consume 30 million pounds of food every day. Our cities have a week’s supply of food on hand. Like a patient connected to a feeding tube, we depend on a vast global food system for life support. Food production consumes more land and water than any other human activity...

...Agribusiness concentration has radically transformed rural life. In Wisconsin, just 13% of farm operators account for 76% of all farm revenue and operate 46% of all farm acreage..

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Ken Notes: We seem to have lost sight of many issues like sustainable farming, care of the land, water systems, and natural resources. We will soon turn the agricultural industry into one giant mega farm.

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