Effects of Food Production on the Environment

Landroots.org.uk: Effects of Food Production on the Environment

We can get by without numerous things however we can't get by without food, the mass production of food is evolving into a large ecological concern.  The rampant growth of the human population has increased our overhaul production of food, and is deemed as the greatest ecological degradation this planet is now seeing. Due to the large production of animals and crops that grows larger and larger each day, our quality of air and water has diminished greatly. With this being said, biodiversity as well as wildlife species is being threaten due to the large demand/use of land for crop production and animal lots. The issue with feed lots is that they produce a concretion of issues for the nearby towns. They allow for a great risk of danger for contamination of water as well as the air. Climate Change in the past century as well as the current has been on the rampant rise due to human manipulation of the land. Carbon emissions have been skewed drastically due to humans mass production of said animal lots.  Sadly, our arable land is being used to produce animal feed as well as set aside for grazing. Which goes hand in hand to the lack of biodiversity and the reduction of species which are being threatened with extinction. Sadly it would be difficult to solve this issue without changing our good system. Consumers would have to choose/prefer healthy alternatives rather than cheap meat they can get for the fraction of the price. However, sadly capitalism and the lowest price seems to always prevail today in the modern world.

-Bryan Tovar