“A more rigorous approach to sustainable development can demonstrate that justice and environmental sustainability are not only compatible, but interdependent, and that sustainable development poses a fundamental challenge to existing economic systems and institutions at both national and global scales” (Agyeman 22)
We are in urgent need of updating our agricultural system to include environmental sustainability and social justice. The methods we currently use to grow and circulate food perpetuate inequities at inter and intra generational levels. Developing nations face greater environmental degradation and food insecurity than developed nations and we are all borrowing resources from the future (UNAG Our Common Future 2.25). We must move towards a system that promotes equity and prioritizes the interdependent relationship between the environment and its inhabitants.
Innovative Agriculture looks at emerging technologies that create the potential for just and sustainable agriculture as we enter into the future. I focus on how technology can empower citizens to take food security into their own hands, increase the volume of food for a growing population, and decrease environmental impact.
Background Information outlines the specific categories we need to change while Solutions introduces current strategies to make our system more effective. In Case Studies, I report on three sites I visited in Massachusetts and New York where people are working with innovative technologies. I conclude my analysis in Synthesis.
Innovative Agriculture 