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Agriculture accounts for more than 70% of all water usage
06:06|Agriculture accounts for more than 70% of all water usage in the state, the vast majority of which is held by billionaire megafarmers with a chokehold on California's "bewilderingly complex" water rights.Impact of intensive farming on the land geomorphology
02:31|Intensive farming practices, that are characterized by high use of inputs such as land and water, can have damaging effects on hydrological and geomorphological processes.60% of home 'compostable' plastic ends up in our soil instead
05:45|Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. A new report shows that plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Globally, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, while 50% ends up in landfills, 22% evades waste management systems, and 19% is incinerated.