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Conventional / commercial farming - Coggle Diagram
Conventional / commercial farming
Non - organically farmed
• Soil quality may be adversely affected.
• Eco systems and biodiversity may be weakened.
• Nearby land and eco systems may be affected by run off from chemicals.
Genetically modified (GMO)
Larger plants
Greater yields
Different varieties of plants
Lack of long term evidence in humans
Medicinal value decrease with less phytochemicals
Nutritional value decrease: less vitamins and enzymes
Increase likelihood of allergies
May cause cancers through DNA mutation.
produce may be resistant to antibiotics, which may pass onto to humans
Plants may cross pollinate with wild growing plants and change their genetic makeup
Other farming systems may be compromised, such as organic farming.
Seeds may be spread inadvertently by machinery.
Forced drying
Carbon dioxide drying
Heat pump assisted drying
Other methods of forced drying
Quick, less chance of mold
Essential phytochemical could be reduced
Damage to plant material
Mechanical harvesting and chopping
mechanical damage
cross contamination
compacting of plants
Quick, less labour intensive
Pesticides, fertilisers and herbicides used
Cancer risk
Toxins enter body
Chemicals are synthetic
Chemicals have little regulation
protect the plants
promote growth of plants
Meeting demands of consumer
Protection of endangered species
replicate growing conditions from all over the world
non-native plants are easier to obtain
broaden range of medicinal plants available
No risk of false identification when foraging
No contamination from dust, animal urine, faeces etc.