Is losing agricultural farm land to urban area bad or good Is losing agricultural farm land to urban area bad or good? I believe it is bad, we lose nearly two acres a minute nearly 120 acres an hour, this means lots of farmland is disappearing. Over time this will become a major problem from over population to not having enough food to feed the world. Losing this farms is bad meaning that land that made money could become land that that not only does not make money but takes money. This becomes a problem because as more and mor land stop making money we stop having money. Come on this journey and find out why this can be harmful to the U.S. and the world. How losing farmland affects the Farm Animals Losing land majorly affects farmers and ranchers of all sorts. First losing land can cause there to be to many animals in one area kill the young calves and keeping there from being calves that can grow and take over for the older cattle. This begins to create not only a problem for the farmers but a problem for the buyers and consumers which causes another problem for the farm because he is losing buyers. Over several years we will start to lose cattle and be restored to an only vegetable diet. …show more content…
Eventually we will resorted to vertical farms for growing simple plants, but where this is in a building it will be harder to Feed animals that are in need of the crops such as cattle, sheep, horses, and other crop fed animals. This can become a problem cause there to be More of a hasil to get food to animals. But there is one good side you are able to recycle all the water and not waste
Animal Farm is made up of different animals that are lead by Mr. Jones, who ends up being drunk all the time when going to bed and forgets to close up some of the cages. While Mr. Jones was going to sleep in the bed, the animals on the farm was having their own meeting led by, Major, the pig. In the meeting, they talked about who are their enemies and who are their friends, and who are the comrades. While having all ears on Major, he started to say how “Man” was the cause of their problem because with Man, all animals would be free without having to be slaves for anyone. With this being said, Major and all the other animals were singing a song with excitement when it quickly ended by Mr. Jones, who proceeded to
As Jensen points out, farming and industry accounts for the vast majority of total water usage in the world (477). The increasingly scarce resource is a necessary ingredient when growing food. Technology continuously improves to make it easier for farmers to grow crops while using less water. Scientists at the University of Georgia utilize what they term “variable rate irrigation” to let farmers automate the current systems of irrigation to water only the crops that need it (Gies). This is an example of retrofitting current farms, but there is a new way of farming coming to cities that reuses practically all of its water and stakes claim much less acreage in the process. The future of agriculture belongs to vertical and urban farming. These types of farms reduce the use of water, chemicals (such as pesticides, herbicides and fungicides), soil and space (The Economist). These farms are so cutting edge that they are mostly in the experimental stages. Firms like Famgro farms are testing “stackable” farming systems that can scale with demand, even further reducing waste. Famgro’s stackable farms are ideal for cityscapes where land is at a premium; furthermore, reaping the added benefit of being in close proximity to the customers that they serve. Customers will enjoy high quality, fresh produce at only a slightly
Tom Parrett in the article “GMO SCIENTISTS COULD SAVE US ALL FROM HUNGER, IF WE LET THEM” stated, The United Nations and experts say global food production will have to double by 2050, at which point the world population is expected to have grown from 2 billion today to well beyond 9 billion. That’s just 35 years away, and there will be no new arable land then”. In short, the population is increasing tremendously and we are going to find ourselves with less land to be able to have these massive growing operations. A possibly valid argument, but what about individual farming? Individuals can still farm on their own, and we can prepare for the land problem by reducing the number of preoccupied buildings.
13) Is it morally wrong to be someone like Benjamin who recognizes what is happening but does not care enough to speak up, even if others will be hurt?
The history of the human race follows a plot detailing the struggles and triumphs of various individuals with the concepts of power and control. In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, these elaborate concepts are further explored through various characters such as the shire boar, Napoleon. Napoleon’s ability to exercise control over the animals derives from his capability to indoctrinate them with his partial ideologies. Napoleon then further clasps his power by his avail of expert power throughout the novel. Finally, the excessive and abusive use of coercive power, secures Napoleon’s control over the animals. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm Napoleon assumes the reins of power over the animals and controls them by means of physiological manipulations.
If we also make more of our food on farms, we can get more people to get jobs. GM critics also worry that transgenic crops could harm wildlife and cause lasting damage to fragile food chains. GM crops harm wildlife and wildlife. Since some birds and small mammals feed on these crops, they will soon disappear. They will disappear because they are making the crops pest resistant.
Game farming us it good or is it horrible in this speech I will try and help you understand why game farming is helping to keep game from going extinct and the side that might also be hurting the game. First one of the reasons why game farming is great is that it helps keep the game healthy and disease free they do this by giving them extra feed and antibiotics when they are skinny and sick.this Is a big point because wildlife in certain areas are either overpopulated or underpopulated. In the overpopulated sections the game they're struggling to survive without enough feed which makes them move down to lower elevation and getting to the farmer's crop. But in the under populated sections the game is healthy but most likely they are over Hunted by predators.
Traditional agriculture requires massive forest and grassland removal to obtain land necessary to farm on. Deforestation and overgrazing has caused erosion flooding, and enabled the expansion of deserts. But with drainage systems, leveling, and irrigation provided by the Green Rev, all this terra deforming will unlikely happen again. We can retain clean air and lessen the global warming effect caused by deforestation.Many people argue that a revamp in agriculture will be way too expensive and unrealistic especially for those poor farmers in third world countries. However many times, they exaggerate the price.
cities, These farms are to produce food for growing billions. Many may not agree that vertical
Animal Farm is about a group of animals taking over the farm in the search for freedom and equality, but over time with wrong decisions made one animal takes control of all. Animal Farm is an example of a dystopia because it is based on five out of the nine traits dystopias have these traits are restrictions, fear, dehumanization, conformity, and control.
Without farmers, there would be no food for us to consume. Big business picked up on this right away and began to control the farmers profits and products. When farmers buy their land, they take out a loan in order to pay for their land and farm house and for the livestock, crops, and machinery that are involved in the farming process. Today, the loans are paid off through contracts with big business corporations. Since big business has such a hold over the farmers, they take advantage of this and capitalize on their crops, commodities, and profits.
A United Nations report states that land used for animal agriculture, both for grazing and production of crops fed to livestock, takes up an astounding 30% of land on Earth. ("Meat Production Wastes Natural Resources") To meet the industry’s demands, over 260 million acres of forest in the U.S. have been cleared to grow grain fed to farm animals. ("Meat Production Wastes Natural Resources") With that in mind, the meat industry also dumps disease-causing pathogens through animal waste that pollutes water and forces the need for waste lagoons to be constructed, which are susceptible to leaking and flooding. ("Facts about Pollution from Livestock Farms”) Scientists say that about 14% of the world’s greenhouse gases are released by said agriculture industries, which is a growing concern for climate change and global warming. (Silverman) The meat industry uses one-third of all the fossil fuels consumed in the United States. (Moore) There is no question that farming animals has a negative effect on the environment and steps should be taken to mitigate air and water pollution risks and future deforestation. If animal agriculture was phased out, land used for animal grazing could be returned to forest land and some of it converted into fields for cultivating crops for humans. A global shift toward veganism, resulting in the elimination of the meat and animal agriculture industries, would protect the environment from various detrimental effects.
Many countries across the world have not got an endangered species act that is strong enough to protect varying species from the destruction of humans. All over the globe humans are determined in building more houses and roads to supply the growing population of it's residence, making their lives easier but not sparing a thought to the many habitats, lives and even species that they will destroy when doing so. A recent local case has been the building of the BNRR. When building houses and roads fields, rivers, ponds, and reservoirs get destroyed along with many animals habitat, leaving them with no where to live and will probably die. The whole point of crop farming (monoculture) is to remove a mixed population of trees, shrubs etc and replace it with a dense population
“Currently 80% of the world’s agricultural land is used directly or indirectly for animal production. In the US over half the total land mass is used for the production of meat and dairy products” (Clarke).
As agriculture has become more intensive, farmers have become capable of producing higher yields using less labour and less land. Growth of the agriculture has not, however, been an unmixed blessing. It, like every other thing, has its pros and cons. Topsoil depletion, groundwater contamination, the decline of family farms, continued neglect of the living and working conditions for farm labourers, increasing costs of production, and the disintegration of economic and social conditions in rural communities. These are the cons of the new improved agriculture.