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    There are three main types of farming: livestock and poultry farming which uses rangeland; agriculture which involves growing one or many crops; and aquaculture which is the raising of aquatic organisms. The Green Revolution aimed to increase crop yields and stop hunger through the use of new high-yield crop varieties, pesticides, fertilizers, better management practices, and more advanced machinery. However, this led to issues like pollution, uneven food distribution, and pesticide resistance. Conventional modern farming practices maximize output but can degrade the environment through practices like concentrated animal feeding, genetically modified crops, heavy machinery use, tillage, and chemical reliance. More sustainable practices include lower chemical usage, polyculture, pasture feeding, and

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    There are three main types of farming: livestock and poultry farming which uses rangeland; agriculture which involves growing one or many crops; and aquaculture which is the raising of aquatic organisms. The Green Revolution aimed to increase crop yields and stop hunger through the use of new high-yield crop varieties, pesticides, fertilizers, better management practices, and more advanced machinery. However, this led to issues like pollution, uneven food distribution, and pesticide resistance. Conventional modern farming practices maximize output but can degrade the environment through practices like concentrated animal feeding, genetically modified crops, heavy machinery use, tillage, and chemical reliance. More sustainable practices include lower chemical usage, polyculture, pasture feeding, and

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    There are three main types of farming: livestock and poultry farming which uses rangeland; agriculture which involves growing one or many crops; and aquaculture which is the raising of aquatic organisms. The Green Revolution aimed to increase crop yields and stop hunger through the use of new high-yield crop varieties, pesticides, fertilizers, better management practices, and more advanced machinery. However, this led to issues like pollution, uneven food distribution, and pesticide resistance. Conventional modern farming practices maximize output but can degrade the environment through practices like concentrated animal feeding, genetically modified crops, heavy machinery use, tillage, and chemical reliance. More sustainable practices include lower chemical usage, polyculture, pasture feeding, and

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    Feeding the World

    What are the types of farming?


    Livestock and Poultry: meat, dairy, and eggs; utilizes rangeland
    Agriculture: growing one crop(monoculture) or many crops
    (polyculture)
    Aquaculture: raising aquatic organism for food

    How did the green revolution change farming?


    Goals
    Stop hunger
    Increase crop yield
    Minimize crop losses/failure

    Methods

    New, high-yield grain varieties


    Pesticides
    Fertilizers
    Better management practice
    More technologically advanced machinery

    Vision
    Treat agriculture as a business(agribusiness). Plant a large
    amount of a single species (mono-cropping)

    Drawbacks

    Too expensive
    Air, soil, and water pollution due to toxic chemicals
    Uneven distribution-poorer countries still cant transport food
    Pesticide resistance

    Practices of convention farming (since green revolution)

    Maximize output-high efficiency


    Minimize space
    Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS)
    Genetically modified crops (temperature and chemical resistance)
    Heavy equipment (fossil fuels)
    Chemical (pesticides and fertilizers)
    Tillage
    Benefits
    o Lower food cost
    o Fast production times (more growing seasons in a given
    year)
    o Meets increased demand

    Risk and impacts


    Biodiversity/habitat degradation
    Soil, water and air pollution
    Erosion/desertification
    Energy and water loss
    Contamination of human foods
    Pesticides and antibiotic resistance

    Sustainable farming practices

    Sustainable output
    Takes more space
    Pasture/rangeland feeding
    Incorporates more human and animal labor
    Minimize chemical usage(biochemical)
    POLYCULTURE
    Low Till or No Till
    Benefits
    Healthier for humans and organism alike
    Higher quality foods (in term of energy)
    Conserves energy and water resources
    Lower biodiversity/environmental impact
    Sustainable
    Higher food cost
    Low yield
    Decreased availability
    More susceptible to storm, pest, change
    in environment, etc.

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