[MCN] Goodbye to "sustainability": Good riddance

[Lance Olsen]

Exerpt: Recently, the paywalled site PoliticoPro reported that the US 
Secretary of Agriculture wants "farmers and agricultural interests to 
come up with a single definition of sustainability in order to avoid 
confusing the public with various meanings of the term in food and 
production methods."

We agree with Secretary Tom Vilsack that the word "sustainability" is 
meaningless to consumers and the public. It's overused, misused and 
it has been shamelessly co-opted by corporations for the purpose of 
greenwashing.

But rather than come up with one definition for the word 
"sustainable" as it refers to food and food production methods, we 
suggest doing away with the word entirely. In its place, as a way of 
helping food consumers make conscious, informed decisions, we suggest 
dividing global food and farming into two categories: regenerative 
and degenerative.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33659-from-sustainable-to-regenerative-the-future-of-food
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