acting,” said Polman, “which actually makes it an enormous economic opportunity to create this greener, more inclusive, more resilient future and not go back to the past where we came from, which, frankly, had run out of steam.”
Two big ideas Lyons concluded: “We are truly at the interface of two big ide- as: nourishing the present and the preservation of the future. Reducing is not enough; we have to do something different. Our belief is that agriculture has the greatest positive poten- tial to influence the future of our planet in that it can provide nutrition for all while helping rural communities to thrive and replenish our planet’s resources.” One of the ways that agri- culture can have a major impact on restoring and conserving the environment is through carbon sequestration, a concept explained by Vaughn Holder, Alltech ruminant research group director. He introduced the audience to an Alltech research alliance called Archbold Expeditions. Based at the 10,000 acre Buck Island Ranch station in Florida, this research monitors land, nutrient and pollution inputs and outputs to evaluate
experimental methodologies and modelling techniques for estimating carbon and nutrient fluxes on working cattle oper- ations. Vaughn revealed that the data shows us that by imple- menting pasture management practices, agriculture is in a unique position where it can both provide the food resources that the world population needs while at the same time tak- ing steps that will help conserve and restore the planet. In fact, he stated that by focusing on feed and growth efficiency strategies and carbon sequestration management strategies on grazed lands, we could reduce greenhouse gases by over 50%. “Our ability to manipulate it is going to become more important,” Vaughn explained. “No one else is positioned in the way we are to do this.”
Endless possibilities Echoing Vaughn’s message of the importance of conserving the world in which we live, Nikki Putnam Badding, managing director and chief dietitian of Acutia, focused on expanding this theme to the world population. “Sustainability does not begin and end with environmental impact,” Nikki explained.
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Alltech CEO Lyons: “We are truly at the interface of two big ideas: nourishing the present and the preservation of the future.”
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