American Agriculture

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American agriculture as we know it today is evolving from the unsustainable monstrosity that it has been since the early 20th century.  Some would say it’s about time, right?  Yeah, I couldn’t agree more. But, one thing people have a tough time understanding when looking at the many enviro-issues we have today is that finding solutions is quite easy in comparison to actually putting them into use.  But that’s a topic for a later post, right now let’s take a look at what modern agriculture is and how it affects you.   

Farming from an economical standpoint has evolved much more quickly than the actual cultivation/harvesting  practices it uses.  Long gone are those mom and pop farms we read about in those lovely children’s books.  Those vanished with the building hurricane that is the American population.  We have a lot of people to feed.  I mean, a lot.  In response, the industry has supersized itself.   We  now have what is called Industrialized Agriculture or agribusiness (if you wanna sound edumacated).  This pretty much means farms use high inputs; lots of fossil fuels, lots of inorganic pesticides, lots of water.  Sustainable?  It could be, but it’s not really.  In this game, it’s all about the bottom dollar, so most company’s take the easier, more harmful approaches to farming.  But, because this is only part 1 of 3 parts, let’s pace ourselves and have a little look as to why today’s average farm is not so eco-friendly.

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