As with many other aspects of government policy, overfishing and other fishing-related environmental issues are a real problem, but it’s not clear that government intervention is the solution.

The past year has shown us the importance of health as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic. But, it is crucial to also not forget the health of our planet which is in crisis caused by climate change and the collapse of biodiversity as a result of exploitation of our natural resources.

One of the major culprits regardinging biodiversity loss is the agricultural industry.

Our soils are in trouble. Over the past century, we have abused them with ploughing, tilling and too much fertilizer.

DEVELOPING ag tech products that save farmers time and money, and securing the capital and effective strategies to bring those products to market, hold the key to increasing the adoption of ag tech in the farming sector.

Soils provide many important functions for plants, animals and humans. The most obvious is for supporting growing crops, plants and trees in the wild, on the farm and in our gardens - but there are lots of others too. For example soil is very important as a home, or habitat, for the teeming millions of soil organisms. It is quite amazing how much variety of life exists in soil.

Kat Becker feeds hundreds of people with the vegetables she grows on her Wisconsin farm, and she wants to expand. But her ability to grow her business collides with her need for affordable health insurance and child care.