Poultry perspective
By: Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton
The Greatest Story Never Told
(The views and opinions expressed in this blog are strictly those of the author.)
Just a short while ago, I thought of YouTube as a gimmick for the kids. Now I’ve changed. I’ve used YouTube videos in my classroom. I found these by going to the website and searching. It all started with a friend emailing me one for my opinion on its accuracy. It seems everyone is using this medium. Several months ago, I wrote about a contest which rewarded students with the best video on agricultural animals. This week, I received another good video on agriculture feeding the world.
The current video professionally produced and sponsored by a company allied to farming. It is not an infomercial for that company, but a good commercial for agriculture. It is a very quick 4 minutes in duration and is worth your consideration.
Go to You Tube, type in Hungry Planet, there you will see ” The Greatest Story Never Told”
There are a number of facts presented that we should learn and use on a regular basis. For example between 1970 and 2010 world population doubled, but farmland did not. U. S. famers produce 18% of the world’s food on 10% of the land. Soil erosion has been reduced as had the use of fertilizer and water.
All of this has been possible because of new techniques and crops. The most interesting and memorable fact is that by 2050, in order to continue to feed the world farmers will have to “grow as much food as they have produced since farming began…in 10,000 B.C.”
The video begins with “the greatest story never told.” We must find a way to get that story told. This video is one way of doing that… it just has to find its way into the American household. It has made progress by being viewed by more than 29,-00 people.
July 13, 2010
