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Darrin Qualman

Energy, emissions and agriculture

Darrin Qualman is a writer and researcher – with extensive farming experience – and who has been doing some long-term thinking about agriculture, climate change and energy systems. Given the large-scale and costly use of nitrogen fertilizer, fossil fuels and other inputs in agriculture, he has determined that it takes about 13.3 calories to make every calorie we eat. For Qualman, the solutions to climate change and the farm income crisis is to shift away from high-input, high-energy agriculture.

 

Recommended Video Citation

Climate Atlas of Canada. (2020). Darrin Qualman: Energy, emissions and agriculture. Prairie Climate Centre. https://climateatlas.ca/video/darrin-qualman