“Prince Charles takes on agricultural lobbies on both sides of Atlantic”
“Today’s food system works against those growers and consumers who want sustainably produced food, the prince said, and ‘favours overwhelmingly’ intensive agriculture which leads to environmental damage.”
“‘And so this raises an admittedly difficult question – has the time arrived when a long hard look is needed at the way public subsidies are generally geared?’ said the prince.”
“He did criticize the American agricultural system, citing the fact that 40% of corn grown on US soil now goes directly into petrol tanks as fuel and that each pound of beef produced flushes away 2,000 gallons of water.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/05/prince-charles-sustainable-agriculture-farming
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