🌾 Sustainable Agriculture: A Crucial Dilemma🌱

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🌍💧 Let’s explore about the Agriculture Challenges with Jonathan Lynch, Professor in the Department of Plant Science at Pennsylvania State University. 🚜

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He explains the prosperous nations tackle this with extensive fertilization and irrigation, but it comes with a hefty price.

💡 Unfortunately, it's not a sustainable solution.

🌽 Take corn, a critical global crop. In the US, the major expense in corn production is nitrogen fertilizer. ⚡️

🌍 A staggering amount of this fertilizer is never absorbed by the plants, leading to environmental repercussions like groundwater pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

🌿 Discover more about these critical concerns. 📢

👉 Curious to learn more? Swipe up and dive into the full episode! 🎙️👆

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