Industrial agriculture

that they have created an escalating range of detrimental environmental effects on local and regional water, air and soil resources (Carlin). “More than half, 54%, of all confined farm animals by weight are concentrated in just 5% of the country’s industrial animal production facilities” (HSUS 2008). The majority of the environmental harm caused by these factory farms results from the high volume of waste that must be stored and disposed of while incessantly confining a large number of animals…

Malthusian theory indicates the exponential growth of the global population will exceed the production of agriculture, thus influencing legislative and technological innovation, in order to frame the profit-seeking motiving through a humanitarian lense to gain support. Technology has the potential to become very useful to address issues such as food insecurity and malnutrition, but has been dominated by a motive of promoting efficiency and profit. The rise of the green revolution brought about…

scientist and researchers look for ways to increment the engenderment of pabulum with deference to the incrementing population. Today, many technologies have made its way in the Agriculture industry. Some are GMOs, utilization of round-up yare corn, etc. In the film, food Inc., it highlighted the situation of Agriculture today and most quandaries experienced by the farmers themselves. When we go to the supermarket, we conventionally pick foods that are, for us we cerebrate is salubrious and at…

Agriculture covers thirty-eight percent of Earth’s land surface, but the land has continually been turned into cropland as the world’s population steadily increases (Brennan, Withgott pg. 225). Food is a necessity to human survival, however, agriculture, specifically industrial agriculture has caused multiple environmental impacts. Compared to the other land uses, agriculture causes the most harm to the planet due to the use of inorganic fertilizers, machinery, irrigation, pesticides,…

Agriculture has been a significant aspect of humans lives since the beginning of time. Throughout the years farming has changed exceedingly for various reasons. In the passages “An Animal’s Place” by Michael Pollan and “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals” by Blake Hurst, both the ethical and inferior sides of farming are explained and the differences in industrial and organic farming is discussed. Although the authors have different opinions of farming, both passages are…

Several civilizations are plagued by pollution, yet one country in particular struggles with several types of pollution. Agricultural, industrial, and domestic pollution fill the rivers of India, creating several issues for the peoples that reside there. The large population of the country tends to be the cause of most pollution: "India 's population of nearly 1.2 billion accounts for about 17 percent of the world’s population... it has been experiencing rapid economic growth of…

The economy is a major factor for a country to advance and to have success. There were two main economic contributors that caused shifts in the population from rural to urban areas during both of the eras. They were farming and manufacturing. During both the Gilded Age and the Roaring Twenties, the agricultural aspect made quite an impact to the movement due to the overproduction. Farming is majority located in the South because there is more land to cultivate. But, when there is an abundance of…

Sustainability in Agriculture and Farming “In half of a century, our soils have increased from 1 percent to 8 percent organic matter, and OM [organic matter] is the foundational test of soil resilience and fertility,” states Joel Salatin, speaking of his family farm, Polyface farms (Salatin). Sustainable farming has been around for millennia, but with the destructiveness that many modern farming methods cause, it has gained a growing measure of popularity with people who wish to wisely use our…

urban eater. But their goal isn’t to create beneficial and healthy foods, but to make profit from the hazardous products they claim as wholesome. Thus, these adjusted foods are no longer agricultural products, but industrial products, and American consumers, who do not relate agriculture to food, become the largest promoters for processed…

have the sufficient amount of money and resources to implement more effective methods and the logistical capabilities to integrate them in the global market. Here, I agree with him, the markets have became global, and large scale farms and industrial agriculture can producee for the global markets, while small farms may not be able to do so. On the other hand, I don’t see why it has to be one way or another. The author seems to fail to…