Katharina Sieverding

Sixty-five million years ago the Era of the Dinosaurs ended. Their extinction wasn't caused by their exploitation of natural resources. It wasn't caused because dinosaurs polluted the air with the gas of corn-fed cows or poisoned the water with nitrogen and phosphorous-rich poultry and hog effluent. They didn't plant crops in monocultures for economic gain, causing the loss of soil fertility and biodiversity. And they were certainly not aiding and abetting unsustainable food systems. No, they were hit by a rock. We all know that the sky is falling, Chicken Little. Our current agricultural models exploit natural resources and has led to an extinction crisis, a farm crisis, a food crisis, a health crisis, an economic crisis, a biodiversity crisis, and a pollution crisis—all of which ultimately culminates into one big human crisis. Our agricultural models aren't sustainable. A freight train is coming our way, and it's loaded with genetically modified corn, soy, and wheat. The question is, Can we slow this f