Title: Unsustainable Agriculture — Citizens of Earth
Headings: Unsustainable Agriculture
Unsustainable Agriculture
In this essay we give an overview of the three biggest problems affecting our Earth's health today: soil erosion, deforestation, and climate change. We also discuss causes of these problems: tilling of soil, monoculture, and usage of chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers. Read on to understand why changing our agricultural practices will help solve the worlds environmental problems.
Tilling of Soil
Monoculture
Chemicals
Now that we have examined the major, but specific practices and procedures That make modern agriculture harmful. let us look closer at the global effects of these practices:
Soil Erosion
Deforestation
CLIMATE CHANGE

Content: For approximately 180,000 to 190,000 years, our ancestors lived through hunting and gathering. Not until 12,000 years ago did humans begin to domesticate plants, through agriculture. In the decades following World War II, our modern agricultural system made its first appearance. The introduction of large machinery, chemicals and investment by privatized companies allowed agriculture to grow to what it is today. In the past few decades, we have accomplished something never thought possible for most of our existence: food surplus. With the advent of technologies and farming practices to produce, harvest, package, process, and distribute food across the globe, we can now support a growing population and produce more than enough food to nourish the world. While this may be considered one of our greatest achievements as a species, it is coming at a severe cost. What is the cost? When you begin to examine modern agriculture, you quickly realize it has an influential and direct impact on many of the most threatening global issues we face today.