Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Robert Block, recently said, "Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today." That got me thinking about how caring for children has commonalities with caring for farmland.
One could also say, "Adverse treatments of farmland are the single greatest unaddressed threat facing the wellbeing of our nation's agriculture."
When we nurture our children and our land, both flourish. When we mistreat children and land, both suffer and we threaten the future of our world.
What happens to children? A series of studies led by Kaiser Permanente and the Center for Disease Control reported on the health outcomes of adults who completed histories of exposure to traumatic events called "adverse childhood experiences" (ACEs) while they were children. More than 30 scientific articles reported the ACE findings.
[For more of this story, written by Mike Rosmann, go to http://www.inforum.com/news/37...d-have-commonalities]
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