Excellent All. Two things: 1. Circularity. It is the new name for Sustainability and it is more than just a buzzword. What stands out to me in this discussion is that agriculture, most disastrously, Sugar farming, is being conducted in a manner that is doing as much, or more, and unacceptably, ANY, harm to our state/Water/Well-Being. Demanding Circular, non-harming (organic just one example, no till another, and so on), farm practices (OR NONE if your business cannot achieve this) is one of the roots to all of this. 2. Nature VS. Man (or man-made). As in, the natural flow of rivers, marshlands, the "river of grass" being one of the most ASTOUNDINGly amazing examples in Our Nation. Trees, plants, any natural land "processes" and "MANAGES" these things for us in ways that the Army Corps (USACE) cannot touch or "engineer" in a superior manner--a lesson we cannot seem to DAM (as in rivers) learn!!! This is why we should adore our National Parks. Ideally, we need to replace farm, even home, and other man-use-land to the extent possible and restore or allow nature--again, something she does better--to restore the land to that which can clean up our mess. Research on Fungi alone proves that our "systems" are inferior at purifying and making well and whole. Sugar-land (and or non-circular Dairy to the north) turned National Park...what a sweet dream. Best To US All, Brady, Founder of Alive Florida facebook.com/aliveflorida/
Adam Gardner, Hi, Brady here. I wish I had all the answers. But, to the best of my understanding, a big part of the current phosphate pollution (the keystone algal bloom nutrient AND one which should no longer be mined OR used for fertilizer, dairy milk production increases, etc. unless managed, if at all), you're right, comes down the Kissimmee-turned-poop-canal (by the Army Corp) from the north from cattle, dairy, and other sources--the Kissimmee having been a former natural power-house of anti-pollutant marshland when it flowed slowly and naturally through the then much plant life (just like, but even less so, than the prior "river of grass" south of the lake/Everglades/Florida Bay. However, the whole of the severe pollution in the lake came some from Sugar farming more-than-in-part and back-pumping, which has past been addressed TO AN EXTENT (how much??? Who really knows) adding to the total of the sources, sewage included. Now though, at this point, the primary "sugar-problem" is their extreme power and influence over policy and national and state leadership which trickles down to agency (Army Corp, Water Management, Wildlife, etc.) practice--specifically, lake levels and discharges, as they can only follow "orders" so to speak--policy. So, it is a two (or more)-fold fight with sugar: 1. Yes, they pollute and it needs to stop; 2. They have historically controlled the water (to the gain of self and the detriment of EVERYthing and everyONE else). Again, sugar's (the commodity) actual non-value/harmfulness, crony capitalism, etc. notwithstanding (but still very bad). Anyway, hope this helps! If my answers are off in any way, one thing is for certain...The sugar industry (but not only) has harmed, and still does harm, our state, has and continues to benefit solely, and offers nothing of value in my view (studies have even shown the economic improvement (monetary) and job-increases that would occur WITHOUT sugar farms and their insane subsidies. Best Wishes. I'll shut up now. lol
This is all bad thinking. Water plants need to be set up on the south and west side of the lake. The water needs to be processed and cleaned and then needs to be released into the Everglades. Discharged water will destroy the Everglades unless cleaned first. Fertilizer processing plants need to move into the desert.
I hope they get is fix soon. Awesome video 👍🏾
Well Done. Just posted it on Rivers Coalition FB and website. -Barbara Osborn, Rivers Coalition Admin
Been watching this for a while, winder how it will pan out. Would be nice to get the gulf water clear again.
Excellent All. Two things: 1. Circularity. It is the new name for Sustainability and it is more than just a buzzword. What stands out to me in this discussion is that agriculture, most disastrously, Sugar farming, is being conducted in a manner that is doing as much, or more, and unacceptably, ANY, harm to our state/Water/Well-Being. Demanding Circular, non-harming (organic just one example, no till another, and so on), farm practices (OR NONE if your business cannot achieve this) is one of the roots to all of this. 2. Nature VS. Man (or man-made). As in, the natural flow of rivers, marshlands, the "river of grass" being one of the most ASTOUNDINGly amazing examples in Our Nation. Trees, plants, any natural land "processes" and "MANAGES" these things for us in ways that the Army Corps (USACE) cannot touch or "engineer" in a superior manner--a lesson we cannot seem to DAM (as in rivers) learn!!! This is why we should adore our National Parks. Ideally, we need to replace farm, even home, and other man-use-land to the extent possible and restore or allow nature--again, something she does better--to restore the land to that which can clean up our mess. Research on Fungi alone proves that our "systems" are inferior at purifying and making well and whole. Sugar-land (and or non-circular Dairy to the north) turned National Park...what a sweet dream. Best To US All, Brady, Founder of Alive Florida facebook.com/aliveflorida/
Were is the point source of the pollution that is causing the algae blooms in Lake Okeechobee coming from?
Adam Gardner sugar
@@justinborysenko3885 The sugar ag area is south of Lake Okeechobee. Does the Army Core or SFWMD back pump water back into the lake?
@@adamgardner5796 I've heard that it has to do with fertilizers and other stuff from the ag and cities north of Okeechobee
Adam Gardner, Hi, Brady here. I wish I had all the answers. But, to the best of my understanding, a big part of the current phosphate pollution (the keystone algal bloom nutrient AND one which should no longer be mined OR used for fertilizer, dairy milk production increases, etc. unless managed, if at all), you're right, comes down the Kissimmee-turned-poop-canal (by the Army Corp) from the north from cattle, dairy, and other sources--the Kissimmee having been a former natural power-house of anti-pollutant marshland when it flowed slowly and naturally through the then much plant life (just like, but even less so, than the prior "river of grass" south of the lake/Everglades/Florida Bay. However, the whole of the severe pollution in the lake came some from Sugar farming more-than-in-part and back-pumping, which has past been addressed TO AN EXTENT (how much??? Who really knows) adding to the total of the sources, sewage included. Now though, at this point, the primary "sugar-problem" is their extreme power and influence over policy and national and state leadership which trickles down to agency (Army Corp, Water Management, Wildlife, etc.) practice--specifically, lake levels and discharges, as they can only follow "orders" so to speak--policy. So, it is a two (or more)-fold fight with sugar: 1. Yes, they pollute and it needs to stop; 2. They have historically controlled the water (to the gain of self and the detriment of EVERYthing and everyONE else). Again, sugar's (the commodity) actual non-value/harmfulness, crony capitalism, etc. notwithstanding (but still very bad). Anyway, hope this helps! If my answers are off in any way, one thing is for certain...The sugar industry (but not only) has harmed, and still does harm, our state, has and continues to benefit solely, and offers nothing of value in my view (studies have even shown the economic improvement (monetary) and job-increases that would occur WITHOUT sugar farms and their insane subsidies. Best Wishes. I'll shut up now. lol
This is all bad thinking. Water plants need to be set up on the south and west side of the lake. The water needs to be processed and cleaned and then needs to be released into the Everglades. Discharged water will destroy the Everglades unless cleaned first. Fertilizer processing plants need to move into the desert.