David C. Hatch: 'What happens far away geographically does affect us locally, and vice versa. It is basic risk management to first identify and then directly address these threats both near and far.'
, thereby further increasing our dependency on other countries. Clearly, we are highly dependent upon others for our sustenance. I have heard senior officials from industrial agriculture organizations and governments discuss the leveraging power of agriculture and food security to strengthen market/economic dominance, using a scarcity model. “Control food and you control people,” said Henry Kissinger. Others envision abundance and self-sufficiency.
Utah agriculture is facing a crossroads. The drought, recent pandemic, and the Great Salt Lake crisis should be sufficient catalysts to compel us to create an agricultural and environmental reset. Each is another warning voice. And there are others. Will we listen? It would serve us well to remember John Muir’s words, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
We would greatly benefit from creating a new agriculture paradigm that is holistic and symbiotic. The status quo in Utah agriculture is simply not adequately responsive to human needs. Consider that at least 70% of all water used in Utah is to support livestock and related production alone, yet we know there is
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