EQs+and+EUs


 * TODAY**
 * **Our [|population is rising].**
 * **More people, need more food.**
 * **More food, requires more agriculture.**

= **But, can we continue to do** more and more agriculture **using the same ways we have been using?** =

**Jonathon Foley says our agriculture currently:**
 * **uses 40% of the earth's best land**
 * **uses 70% of the fresh water consumed by humans**
 * **produces 1/3 of all greenhouse gases**
 * **destroys biodiversity**


 * AND we** need to DOUBLE production in the next 40 years! **It took us 10,000 years to get to where we are today. Can we double it in just 40 years?**

**Learn more about the big problems here:**

 * **NPR: Facing Planetary Enemy No. 1: Agriculture**
 * **Jonathon Foley: The Other Inconvenient Truth Ted Talk**

=**We better dig in, build understandings of the problems and start innovating NOW!**=