CONS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vertical Farming, Polyculture, Urban Agriculture

• School: UBC
• Department: Natural Resources Conservation
• Course: CONS 101
• Professor: Jeanine Rhemtulla

Document Summary

Reasons we should care about agriculture: land use (1/3 of land on earth, climate change, water usage. It is the primary driver of many environmental issues: contributes 20% of greenhouse gasses, uses of water withdrawals, 86% of n and 98% of p pollution to waterways, main driver of biodiversity loss. Food demand is on the rise: caloric demand rises w gdp (wealth, pop. is expected to increase by 32% by the year 2020, but food demand is projected to inc. by 40%