For many reasons, then, an increasingly crowded civilization needs an alternative farming method.

出于以上原因，人口日益增长的人类文明需要可替代的耕作方法。

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Alternative livelihoods such as ecotourism and fish farming could provide an alternative to intensive crop farming, while better management of crops and irrigation and the adoption of alternative energy sources such as solar power would all contribute to environmental sustainability.

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Indeed, this is a place where you can be inspired about the possibility of a world where organic farming and alternative energy sources help to salvage the fine mess we have made of the planet .

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Brazil represents a clear alternative to the growing belief that, in farming, small and organic are beautiful.

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