Climate change and Food Security Manifesto

I just read the Manifesto on climate change and the future of food security

It is an amazing document that addresses many of the issues facing our world as climate destabilizes and globalized food networks are threatened by drought, soil loss and social injustice. It is a great step forward in creating the potential for localized resilient food systems that put people and planet before profit...and being a good Gaian Anarchist I have some critiques to add into the mix:
Before giving it any endorsement and an individual or organization I would offer the following critique:

In several places it gave problem statements with no solution (when solutions exist). For instance, it railed against industrial agrofuels. I think we could all agree that industrialized agriculture has a fatal flaw.....but apparently no one on the committee researched permafuels as a solution. So, this kind of simplistic documentation leads people to shy away from considering biochar, ethanol and biodiesel produced as a co-product of a diverse multi-yield system that maintains diversity and builds soil...
without talking about a solution a problem just becomes a psychic burden on those who read it.

The document would become much better with the small addition of a SOLUTION to energy that is different from industrial biofuels....just one little section on localized production of biofuels as a co-product of the working ecological farm would have done the trick. The policy shift away from agrofuels is also a little scary because it potentially disallows start up and research funds for solutions...I agree that most of that money will get dumped down the dead end of big business "solutions", however it is nearly impossible to bootstrap energy and food alternatives without funding from centralized sources (e.g. subsidies). We wont get very far without some serious funding at our backs...(currency is energy and attention)...and without either solutions are doomed to fail.

I think If we have access to some of the editorial committee for the Manifesto (I Know Vandana Shiva is on the editorial board and Gaia U's Advisory Board) it would be worth putting together a Gaian group to make some suggestions because this document falls short as a manifesto of regenerative action on climate change and food security. But, luckily if we step up to our responsibility as citizens of Earth and raise our concerns while honoring the hard work, good intention and expertise that went into this document, we can help make it better and increase its chances to have positive change.


So in an effort to take my own advice:
Problem: The Manifesto on Climate Change and Food Security outlined the problem of industrial agrofuels without outlining a solution.
Solution: Outline the possibilities of decentralized biofuels as a co-product of diverse, resilient multi yield permaculture systems and send that to members of the editorial committee of the document.

I am up for working on that if anyone else is....