ROME (Reuters) – Paying farmers to protect the environment — rather than just for their produce — will be an important way to ensure a rapidly increasing demand for food does not destroy the planet, a U.N. agency said on Thursday.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said paying for “environmental services” is set to be an important way to link two of humanity’s greatest challenges: beating poverty and safeguarding the environment.
“(Farming) has the potential to degrade the Earth’s land, water, atmosphere and biological resources — or to enhance them — depending on the decisions made by the more than 2 billion people whose livelihoods depend directly on crops, livestock, fisheries or forests,” said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.
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Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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