The Negative Effects Of Animal Farming And Its Effects On The Environment

People have been agriculturally farming for hundreds of years, as demand for food and as the population has grown farmers have had to grow more food. Agriculture has become a basic way of life for a majority of the world. Gradually over the years, the agricultural processes has become more effective. However, now with new research and technological developments, scientists have found the negative effects that farms have had on the environment. I will be discussing the effects of modern day farming and the effects on the environment. Prior to the 1920’s, agriculture has been a leading cause in the increase of carbon dioxide releases in the environment. While that is no longer the case, it can still be argued that current agricultural practices, while important to society, are causing irreversible effects to our environment both locally and globally. It is clear that agriculture causes harmful levels of pathogens and

Diseases carried by animals that can be transmitted to humans are called zoonotic diseases. The diseases become water-borne when the waste of the animals gets into a water system. The runoff from animal farms contaminate the quality of surface water by draining into water systems either directly from livestock excrement or precipitation runoff. “Animal farming depends on the use of antibiotics, vitamins, fertilizers and pesticides. For this reason it makes it achievable to produce more animals and crops by avoiding the natural conditions that they would normally need to survive and thrive. Having these animals stuck in small areas with a mass amount of others causes stress on the animals. As an example, the use of antibiotics allows many animals to be confined in a smaller area where normally disease would contaminate or kill the animals. The use of fertilizers allows the farm to grow many crops as they want if the land is being