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Wes Jackson, President, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas

Protecting our soil with perennials: national acreage goals. Wes Jackson, President, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas. Five-year farm bills address:. Exports Commodities Subsidies Some soil conservation measures Food programs.

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Wes Jackson, President, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas

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  1. Protecting our soil with perennials: national acreage goals Wes Jackson, President, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas

  2. Five-year farm bills address: • Exports • Commodities • Subsidies • Some soil conservation measures • Food programs

  3. A 50-Year Farm Bill would be a program using 5-year farm bills as mileposts, adding larger, more sustainable end goals to existing programs

  4. 50-Year Farm Bill • Protect soil from erosion • Cut fossil fuel dependence to zero • Sequester carbon • Reduce toxics in soil and water • Manage nitrogen carefully • Reduce dead zones • Cut wasteful water use • Preserve or rebuild farm communities

  5. Five-year farm bills: Exports Commodities Subsidies Some soil conservation measures Food programs 50-Year Farm Bill: Protect soil from erosion Cut fossil fuel dependence to zero Sequester carbon Reduce toxics in soil and water Manage nitrogen carefully Reduce dead zones Cut wasteful water use Preserve or rebuild farm communities

  6. Erosion in IowaIowa cornfield, June 2008

  7. Flint Hills PrairieKansas Native Prairie, June 2008

  8. Changes in USDA program prioritiesto increase the productive lifespan of US cropland

  9. Conclusion: Production at the expense of conservation ORConservation at the expense of production.

  10. Erosion in IowaIowa cornfield, June 2008

  11. Conclusion: Conservation as the consequence of production is possible

  12. Flint Hills PrairieKansas Native Prairie, June 2008

  13. THE LAND INSTITUTE SALINA, KANSAS www.landinstitute.org

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