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: 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. The careless extraction, depletion and exploitation of natural resources have become the fuel to grow our food supply. Our practices have devastating implications for soil erosion, deforestation and climate change three of the leading environmental threats to our global health. The cause of these environmental issues is a deadly trifecta, tilling of soil, mono-cultural production, and usage of chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers. Consequently, our actions are having a devastating impact on the health of our environment and our bodies. By learning about the roots of our agriculture system, you can empower yourself to make more informed decisions.