Breakthrough Institute
How we can preserve biodiversity while maintaining agricultural yields, meet nutritional demands
[Editor's note: Claire Kremen is a professor of conservation biology at University of California, Berkeley, where she also co-directs the Center for Diversified ...
Quest for higher yields is enemy of biodiversity on farms — both conventional and organic
What kind of agriculture most benefits biodiversity? In recent years, few questions have animated conservationists and land-use scientists more than ...
Making meat sustainable: ‘Intensive’ livestock farms more ecological than the ‘natural’ alternative
As global demand for meat grows, the environmental “hoofprint” of livestock production could grow, too. Demand-side strategies are unlikely to ...
Breakthrough Institute: Outdated romantic notions of farming crippling innovation
Since the dawn of agriculture, humans have been converting forests, grasslands, and other ecosystems to farmland. The long-term conversion of ...
A world without GMO crops poses greater risks
Despite the endorsements from scientific organizations and the hundreds of studies showing no adverse environmental or human health effects from ...
