Les agriculteurs mettent en garde contre le paradoxe qui consiste à pulvériser des herbicides pour réduire le travail dans les champs, mais qui peut potentiellement nuire à leurs propres familles.

The EU prohibits the use of herbicides essential to crop production in Britain

It’s becoming clear that modern industrial agriculture is destroying the planet – by using massive qualities of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; fossil fuels to transport food across thousands of miles; and monoculture techniques that require unsustainable productivity. All this is eroding the soil, reducing biodiversity, and destroying the generative power of ecosystems. It's easy to get discouraged by these realities. But talk with Howard Koster, a Dutch farmer who is developing new models of organic farming and agroforestry, and you'll come away inspired and hopeful.