Deforestation and soil loss have increased hugely. These problems have been made worse by unequal land distribution, particularly in the South . As we have seen with the former Bantustans, many people in the South must end up trying to scrape a living from small areas of poor land or else be reduced to the state of landless labourers. Because of our natural dependence on food, we are tied to and part of the soil. Healthy soils can be used to grow food for healthy people, but we must remember that serving humans is not the purpose of natural systems.
Soil loss is a loss to all living beings.
Agriculture, has allowed the human population to grow as never before. But it has tied us into a various systems of surplus redistribution. Our society supports many people who are not involved in food production, and so food must be redistributed. The production and distribution of food is a part of this system. The ideology of business wants us not to see connections.