The New York Times is slated to run a piece I wrote in the Sunday edition.
Here's a snippet:
“Large farmers — who are responsible for 80 percent of the food sales in the United States, though they make up fewer than 8 percent of all farms, according to 2012 data from the Department of Agriculture — are among the most progressive, technologically savvy growers on the planet. Their technology has helped make them far gentler on the environment than at any time in history. And a new wave of innovation makes them more sustainable still.”
Working with the Times editors, I pulled together the following figure to illustrate the great strides being made in agriculture.
Here's the conclusion:
“There are no easy answers, but innovation, entrepreneurship and technology have important roles to play. So, too, do the real-life large farmers who grow the bulk of our food.”
You can read the whole thing here.