Chapter 12
Revoultions
Componants of modern farming
Traditional Ag- Human power low chemical input Modern- machinery and fossil fuels
Top crops
Small farms- grown food maintains the families
Industrial revoultion- Fossil fuels to power machines
Neolithic- Hunters to farmers
Green revoultion- to increase food production to feed everyone
Chemicals
Irrigation
Infastruture
Expansive land
Moderen machinery
Confined Animal Feeding operations
Bio fuels- ethanol and oils from agricultural crops
Broilers
Hogs
Dairy
Soy
Wheat
Corn
Eggs
Beef
Hay
Biotechnology
Advantages
Disadvantages
Can promote tolerance to environmental conditions
Improve nutritional value
Disease and pest control
Antibiotics resistant
New toxins
Super weeds
Food crisis
Higher quality diets
Weather related short falls in crops
Corn used for biofuel production
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Rising cost of fuel