Summary
Agriculture has proven that it can feed the world. Ever-increasing yields and changing demographics have ensured the cultivation of sufficient food; only distribution remains an obstacle. Now, agriculture faces a new battle: to clean up environmental damage left by the fight to feed billions.
This paper, "Farming for the Future: Agriculture's Next Generation," by J. Bishop Grewell, explains how a new generation of innovators is correcting the shortcomings of the past. Grewell's essay urges national governments, including the United States government, to avoid policies that discourage such entrepreneurship. The paper is based in large part on The Ecological Agrarian: Agriculture's First Evolution in 10,000 Years, by J. Bishop Grewell and Clay J. Landry (forthcoming from Purdue University Press).
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
PERC’s publications, each designed to resonate with specific groups, move ideas generated at PERC to broader audiences.
Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
PERC's fellowships share a common goal of exposing new scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers to free market environmentalism, as well as enable scholars already familiar with FME to explore new applications.
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