Reduce Crops, Increase Trees : save the planet, but what about food prices?

[7redorbs]

USDA: Climate bill would slash cropland

Washington, D.C. — More than 20 million acres of cropland in Iowa and other Corn Belt states would likely be converted to forests under a congressional plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an Agriculture Department analysis released today.

About 59 million acres of land nationwide would be converted to forest by 2050 because of the carbon-offset program, the analysis showed.

USDA: Climate bill would slash cropland | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

[madprophet]

We'll see the re-emergence of small farms and more local farmers markets.
Home gardens and home-cooking will become the norm once again, and just possibly America will cease being obese.