'Sustaining' Stupidity: Part 1: Sustainable describes the unsustainable

I decided to share my Environmental Science presentation on YouTube in 2 parts. All data sources are listed below.

Why:
I chose this topic because a leading driver of a multitude of environmental problems is a source we are uncomfortable criticizing - Big Ag. But I want to take this further by exposing an example of what is supposed to be the feel good version of agriculture; Marin County’s historic ranches, which almost always use “sustainability” as one of their defenses.
My presentation shows that not only does the total financial output of the agricultural sector of Marin only account for .3% of the county’s GDP while using 50% of its land, it costs taxpayers millions of dollars just to keep these ranches running. Further exacerbating the issue is the exuberant need for water, particularly from animal agriculture in a state that can’t spare any water. While ranching plummets us deeper into wildfire conditions we simultaneously reward ranchers by paying them to use up even more of our precious water and paying them to graze their animals on invasive vegetation they are responsible for existing in the first place.
Topping it off is that these “small” farmers represent dynastic wealth while enjoying the public perception of struggling workers “just trying to feed Americans”.

This is applicable to our class because of the misuse of the word sustainable, the use of marketing and pseudoscience to mislead the public, because we are all experiencing this drought. And finally, because no one wants to say it.

In the end we are looking at corporate power and influence at a frightening level, hell bent on continuing a destructive pattern, rather than the projected idea of mom, dad, and the kids “working the land” from sunrise to sunset.

What: The recent Measure A proposal for renewal in Marin County, the ongoing drought, new articles debunking regenerative ranching, abuse of the word sustainable.