'Peak Farmland' Is Here, Experts Predict, As Crop Yields Rise And Population Growth Slows

December 17, 2012 Subscribe · Forward 'Peak Farmland' Is Here, Experts Predict, As Crop Yields Rise And Population Growth Slows OSLO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak and an area more than twice the size of France can return to nature by 2060 due to rising yields and slower population growth, a group of experts said on Monday.  Continue reading... Area Burned By U.S. Wildfires Expected To Double By 2050 Developers Build New Homes In A Neighborhood Where Sandy Wreaked Havoc Oil, Gas Drilling Rile West's Energy Embrace Zoo Babies 2012: Adorable Baby Animal Pictures From Around The World (PHOTOS) Animal Photos Of The Week: Lions, Monkeys, Giraffe And More Pictures From Around The World Killer Whale Facts: 7 Things SeaWorld Doesn't Tell You About Orcas 'Peak Farmland' Is Here, Experts Predict, As Crop Yields Rise And Population Growth Slows Zoo Babies 2012: Adorable Baby Animal Pictures From Around The World (PHOTOS) Craigslist Posts May Be Tied To Animals Being Used For Target Practice In Oregon (VIDEO) 'Peak Farmland' Is Here, Experts Predict, As Crop Yields Rise And Population Growth Slows Brigadier General On Keystone XL Pipeline: 'All Americans Should Be Outraged' (VIDEO) ELLIOTT NEGIN Memo to Neil Young: Higher MPG Standards Are a Good Thing Don't let it bring you down, Mr. Young. Indulge me a bit. Let me explain just what these new standards will accomplish and how some complementary policies -- including cutting U.S. oil use in half -- would help us, as you termed it, "get real on carbon." Continue reading... SARA MAITLAND Nature and Fairy Stories We have been aware for a long time that landscape, the natural world, deeply affects many individual writers and artists. Very often it is the landscape of childhood that imprints itself indelibly on the creative imagination. Continue reading... DAN R. FINK Fracking Deadline Looms for British Columbia's Sacred Headwaters Energy developers, environmental groups, First Nations, local businesses and sportsmen are all anxiously watching and waiting as last-minute negotiations continue before the expiration of a four-year-long fracking ban for the Klappen Coalbed Methane project in northern British Columbia, Canada. Continue reading... TERRIE M. WILLIAMS The Hand of Man: A True Christmas Story Despite the rawness of nature, the world made more sense in the oceans, the forests and the mountains. Yet, it was from the wilderness through one animal - an endangered seal named KP2 (Kauai Pup 2) - that my faith in the hand of man was restored. Continue reading... MARY ELLEN HARTE Climate Change This Week: A Break for Clean Energy, 2012 Hottest Yet, GravityLight, and More! Making the U.S. a global clean energy leader will ensure a heck of a lot more jobs, and a clean, safe future. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.