Vom Ende der Landwirtschaft

To tackle the climate crisis and the extinction of species, radical changes are necessary. Experts demand that about half of the Earth be returned to nature. But how is that supposed to happen? "By abolishing agriculture!" says Oliver Stengel, as industrial agriculture poses a huge environmental problem.

He envisions a provocative future where food and other agricultural products come from the lab—not as unappetizing mush, but looking as if they were freshly harvested from the field. In this scenario, nature would be allowed to spread again across fields and pastures.