Industrial Farm
What Is An Industrial Farm ?
Industrial farming is the production of turning farm animals into meat in the fastest way possible, using a feedlot.
What is the reason hybrid seeds were made ?
Hybrid corn is more desirable as it yields higher growth rates
What Are The Kind Of Seed Industry's ?
Live Stock, Agriculture, Food, Economics, Organic Farming
What Are The Benefits Of Pesticides ?
It Control Various Pests and Disease Carriers
Are GMO's Safe For Human Consumption ?
GMOs are safe for human consumption
What Is Agriculture ?
The science or practice of farming, Including cultivation of the soil for growing crops.
What is the reason hybrid seeds were made ?
To grow Crops Faster
Why does the seed industry exist ?
The seed industry is Made to developing better seed for a better quality of life.
What are pesticides and how are they used ?
Pesticides are chemicals that are tactically applied to organic and conventional crops in order to protect them from insects, rodents, weeds and types of fungal growths.
Why are crops genetically modified ?
It helps the crop be more desirable, and it grows faster then an organic crop.
What is factory farming?
a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
What year was hybrid corn made ?
In the early 1900s
What Year Did Small Seed Farms Vanish ?
1970
What are the effects of pesticides on our environment ?
Pesticides can contaminate soil, water, turf, and other vegetation, it can also harm people around it or people who consume a lot of it.
Are Farmers Forced To Use GMO Seeds ?
What Is The Purpose Of Feedlots ?
To feed the animals and make them as big as possible and produce more meat out of them.
Why did Farmers stop using Hybrid corn ?
They stopped using it because their offspring would be unlikely to show the productivity
Why Did Agricultural Production Increase In The Early 1800s ?
It increased yields of agriculture for growing human populations by applying fossil fuel energy, mechanization, and advanced crop breeding methods.
What Are The Long Term Effects Of Pesticides ?
birth defects, tumors, genetic changes, blood disorders, nerve disorders, Cancer
What are the environmental effects of GMOs ?
It negatively impact the agriculture ecosystem.
What is Factory Farming, and how is it affecting our health, our environment?
Factory Farms Contaminate Our Air
What is the percentage of hybrid corn in the US ?
95%
What Made The Seed Industry Expand ?
The expansion of seed certification programs between 1915 and 1930 brought about large increases in the number of farmers who purchased seed from commercial traders instead of producing it them.
Do Natural Pesticides Harm The Environment ?
Many Organic Pesticides are less toxic than their synthetic counterparts, but they can be a little harmful in some situations.
What is the difference between genetically engineered crops and plants altered through natural hybridization processes ?
GMO seeds are produced by genetic engineering, altering the genetic material of an organism, whereas hybrid seeds are produced by cross-breeding of two varieties through artificial mating