The Pros And Cons Of Corporate Farming

On an average day do you take the time to investigate what you are eating? Do you examine the label fully to see if there are any additives or chemicals in the food? As the world population grows, sustaining it has become a problem. New innovations in technology and farming processes have been a result of the population growth. However these changes are not always for the better, with every new innovation a consequence will follow. Corporate Farming has led to negative health effects in humans. Before the mass production of food, farming was small and family based. People knew where their food was coming from and what was put into producing it. Real food consisted of fruits and vegetables that were in season and meats from animals that were grass fed and able to move freely throughout the pasture they lived in. As the population grew there was a need for a more efficient, cheap, and productive way of farming, therefore corporate farming was introduced on a large

This increase in system sustains the growing population with cheap food that is open to anyone who can purchase it. People are now able to purchase a large quantity of food for a low price. Even though this is an advantage to consumers the quality of the food available has significantly decreased. People used to have access to healthy whole foods that they knew where it came from, however, people now have access to cheap food that is filled with additives, preservatives, and fillers because of corporate farming. To increase food production a cheap and efficient way was needed and it was found in additives. Corporate farms are flooding the market with food filled with chemicals because it is cheaper than the alternative. This cheaper way of farming does sustain help sustain the growing population but at a cost to the