Sustainable agriculture

Civic agriculture, a term most are not familiar with or understand the meaning. I can say, I was not fully aware of what civic agriculture was and how much it affected agriculture, rural communities, mid-size farms, and so much more, until I read Farms, Farmers, and Farming in Contemporary Rural Society. In this chapter Thomas Lyson explained, shared many examples, theories, and the meaning of civic agriculture. Thomas Lyson is one of the leading American Advocates of “civic agriculture”. Lyson…

Rachel Binder English 9, 3 Hardy December 2016 The Benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture For centuries, farmers used generation's worth of knowledge to breed seeds for their most desireable traits. Today, 90 percent of all corn, soybean, canola and sugar crops are altered either in the laboratory in ways that cannot be achieved with traditional farming techniques or inserted with genetic material, to exhibit traits that withstand drought and soil erosion . Many argue that…

However, agriculture, though being an emission source has the potential of reducing its footprint by using cultivated soil as a GHG offsetting tool provided better management strategies are identified and adopted. In this regard, high yielding varieties, organic farming…

Bruntland commission, “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. ” In an effort to help move society toward a more sustainable future, various governments throughout the world are leading a revolution amongst concerned citizens, concerned organizations and even amongst concerned private companies. Government has a valuable role to play is the future of a sustainable planet and in…

should take care of it. The incredible devastation that animal agriculture is causing to our planet is alarming and not enough is being done about it. The E.P.A. recommends that individuals reduce their dependence of energy come from fossil fuels but new studies are now showing that the fact is that our incredibly immense practice of…

The UN is working with leading farmers in the country to bring better irrigation and planting techniques to not only make the work more efficient, but sustainable as well. Farmers are taught to not focus on a sole crop, rather a group of crops planted in the same plot of land. (New Agriculturist) This way, the nutrients taken out of the soil by one crop can be redeposited by another crop. The farmers in this…

passion for agriculture. Being a student in an agricultural education class at my middle school many years ago began to open my eyes to the vast agriculture industry. Although not necessarily a bad thing, many of these programs today are focused on educating students on STEM concepts in agriculture. Very few are seen solely as “farming education” programs today, so I consider myself lucky to have had an instructor who was a retired production farmer from the Midwest who taught me real…

The early civilizations in India, South America, Japan, and china practiced intensive agriculture and it is known that they utilized agricultural, animal and human residue as fertilizer (Howard, 1943, Food and Agriculture Organization, 1978). Many of these residues either were placed in pits or placed in heaps and allowed to rot for long period of time for the production of soil amendment. The first waste pits made out of stone and built outside the houses were found in Sumerian cities about…

such as hunger, famine, and the burgeoning food crisis, particularly on the global level. Hence, the terms of food security and sustainable food systems have birth in the mid 1970’s. Consequently, the formations of initiatives and assistance programs, as well as, policies to address these issues become a chief concern, especially the concepts of food security and sustainable food systems. However, another noteworthy factor influencing the precepts of food security came into visualization via…

benefits of industrial vs. subsistence agriculture, organic farming, pesticide use? Summary of issue: For thousands of years, the biological science of agriculture has enabled the human race to germinate, and grow into the billions of citizens that we see today. This ever-growing population, however, has put a strain on the once predominant agricultural practice of subsistence and organic farming and facilitated the scientific development of industrial agriculture and pesticide use to…