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Industrialized Farming What?!
There are many different thoughts about industrialized farming- is it good or is it bad? Well there are many reasons for people to believe both. For starters industrialized farming is beneficial to the human population because it...
- Lets farmers meet there quotas quickly and make more money
- Convenient for the consumer
- Produces foods is mass quantities on demand
Like anything else industrialized farming does have it's down falls. These include...
- Damaging fisheries
- Cleanup of surface and groundwater polluted with animal waste
- Increased health risks from pesticides
- Increased ozone pollution and global warming from heavy use of fossil fuels
As you have seen there are both pros and cons to this kind of new farming. Yes it may be sufficient for America and allow food to be produced in mass quantities to feed everyone. But in the long run, pesticides and harmful chemicals used to help grow the food faster cancause a disease later on in life.
It maybe a better idea to cut down on the chemicals used or to even
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