SOIL : The Secret Solution to Global Warming
The new online video SOIL: The Secret Solution to Global Warming (22 minutes) addresses the number one and number two concerns of citizens: It can be executed at no extra cost, could lead to significant health care savings and provides industry with time to reduce their greenhouse emissions.
In the video, Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser makes the case: shifting existing subsidies to sustainable organic farming practices could offset greenhouse emissions 10% to 20% by annually sequester millions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by storing more carbon in the soil. (597 million for the USA, 152 million for Canada and 56 million for the UK)
Percy Schmeiser is a Saskatchewan canola farmer who was charged with patent infringement by Monsanto in 1997 and brought it all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. In October of 2000, Schmeiser received the Mahatma Gandhi Award for working for the good of mankind in a non-violent way.
A 23-year comparable study by the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania clearly demonstrates that land farmed organically through methods like no till and winter cover crops, absorb 30% more CO2 than conventionally farmed land. This translates to a decrease of 1.8 metric tonnes of CO2 in the atmosphere per acre of land converted to organic farming methods. In turn the extra carbon in the soil increases food nutrients, which could reduce healthcare costs by billions.
According to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, healthier diets could prevent at least $71 billion per year in medical costs, lost productivity and lost lives.
SOIL: The Secret Solution to Global Warming can be watched here at Quantum Shift TV, a Canadian web-based television network who has proposed a government policy that could reduce greenhouse emissions by 10% to 20%.
If you agree with the content of the video and want to do something about global warming and the quality of life of future generations, please take time to vote on policy proposal via online poll at Quantum Shift TV.
For those interested in learning more about the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade, I strongly recommend viewing the documentaries The Future of Food.
Labels: Global Warming, Nutrition, Wellness
