Disadvantages Of Industrialized Food Production

This type of farming helps increase food production, lowers business costs, encourages technological development, and ETC. Which in return helps the public in a greater good. Food safety risks caused by factory farming come in a wide variety. Ranging from high animal death rates to less nutrition

He thinks industrial agriculture is productive and can deliver more massive quantities of food but it is depend on “standardized applications of toxic chemicals and petroleum-based fertilizers"(2) It will pollutes th... ... middle of paper ... ...eory, and organic farming also can get some benefits from learning some industrial farming methods. When we develop the organic agriculture, at the same time, we do not need to give up the traditional agriculture, we should combine the organic farming and the industrial farming together, and from a better agriculture method. Works Cited Schiffman, R. In defense of organic farming: Less Than a Cure-all, More Than a Fad. Commonweal, New York, January 11, 2013. Steven Shapin.

This helps conserve a strong ecosystem and healthy lifestyle for all human beings. In today’s agriculture in the United States, we rely on what is the fastest way of getting food on the tables for families. The US is currently is dominated by industrial agriculture, making us live in an agroecosystem. An ... ... middle of paper ... ... jobs in farming and lessen the biodiversity. Furthermore, if we do not practice sustainable agriculture, our soil has more of a chance to become more vulnerable to droughts and flooding, possibly increase a risk for more global warming, and be less resistant towards antibiotics and pesticides.

Not only is agriculture pressured to feed more people, but it must do so under climate change. Organic agriculture, more sustainable than conventional agriculture, has the potential to match the food security demand of a growing population with a global change in diet; however climate change poses a problem for organic agriculture's ability to sustain a growing population. Background Organic agriculture is a form of agriculture that aims to reduce harm to the environment by using natural methods of maintaining crops, instead of synthetic chemicals such as synthetic nitrogen fertilizer (United States Department of Agriculture, 2014). The alternatives to the chemicals include the use of cover crops, manures, and crop rotation (Badgley C. et al. 2006).

Overall, OF is a farming style that is good for improving the environment. Organic food will reduce health risks; the profit will increase because the demand for organic food is very high. However, Organic farming is not the best solution for food secure in the big developing country like China, India, Vietnam, and other. Therefore, GM is the best solution to increase the food supply in those big developing countries or overpopulation countries. However, there are some new problems arise.

There is also the option to increase the productivity of the best farms, raising the yield via genetically modified crops and management. That or assist the world’s weakest farms, which can help those regions where hunger is most acute. Making use of our resources can also assist in keeping the environment cleaner, maximizing our crop output per unit of water, fertilizer and energy. Additionally humans can shift away from meat within their diets, reducing the need for pastures which grow livestock and to feed people directly. Unfortunately due to the current diets and uses of crops have multiple benefits economically and socially, but poultry, pork or pasture-fed beef is more beneficial than grain-fed beef.

This will keep the many communities prosperous instead of in poverty. Farms also enhance the environment and make society as a whole more self-sufficient by learning how to make own food without having to depend on large factories and fast food chains. It can also help the environment by having less factories which leads to less pollution for future generations. In Food Fight by Michael Pollan he said, “The food system consumes more fossil fuel energy than we can count on in the future and emits more greenhouse gas then we can afford to emit.” (Pollan 514) He means that the environment will not last if people continue to use factories to make food which hurts communities in the

Lower food costs, agricultural technological advances and greater food variety drive a constant need for lower production expenses. To maintain this a greater reliance on the application of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides to maintain crop nutrition; minimizing the importance of the traditional practices of recycling nutrients through crop rotation and animal manure. Conventional cropping practises has allowed this to be possible, but at what expense? Around the world today organically produced food is increasing in popularity. {} Safety has become one of the most important attributes of food.

The globalization of organic production provides hope for the future through the sustainability of the small farmer and the environment. An increase in profit margins will allow farmers who are struggling to survive against big corporations an edge. For the environment, this means sustainability of soil and biodiversity. It also means the elimination of chemicals that are harming water sources and the health of people. In the end, the globalization of organic production is a beneficial move whether organic foods are better for people or not.

The method for growing organically is much better for the environment and in turn better for us, the human race. The question here is not whether organic farming can feed the world or not but how much longer will the planet be able to survive the effects of conventional farming methods. Organic, sustainable farming must fulfill its potential of feeding the world so that the world can continue to thrive. The use of chemicals on conventional produce may not make it to our dinner tables but it does show up elsewhere. It leaves traces in our water, in our air and in our soil.