How are technological innovations are changing the agriculture industry?
Automated Irrigation is the system that has revolutionized how...
Water is supplied to crops
________ _________ is new in the agriculture community and there are as many disadvantages as advantages
Answer: Vertical farming is new in the agriculture
-Vertical farming
The livestock sector is a pillar of what 3 things...
-Poverty reduction
-Food security
-Agricultural development
The process of cultivating soil helps break up the dry crust on…
The surface of the soil.
Brown eggs are more nutritious than white eggs...
Myth! Brown eggs and white eggs have the same amount of nutritious ingredients.
GMOs have significantly reduced the number of pesticides that farmers need to spray on their farms. They have also increased crop yield by how much?...
22%
Vertical farming is valuable because there are…
Shorter growing times, more local produce, and the food has a fresher taste.
The livestock sector emits an estimated ___ Gross Tonnage (GT) of CO2-equivalent per year
7.10
The method of cultivating soil can eliminate…
Pests, bugs, and insects
1 out of every 8 Canadian jobs in agriculture or agrifood...
Fact! The farming and food supply system provides one in every eight jobs.
These types of plants have been altered to contain specific traits...
Genetically modified crops.
Which vertical farming company recently announced plans to build the world’s biggest vertical farm by square footage?
-Upward Farms
-AeroFarms
-Plenty
-Bowery Farms
Upward Farms announced this in mid-January of this year.
Livestock contributes ___ of the global value of agricultural output and supports the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of almost ______ people.
40% of the global value, 1.3 billion people.
Cultivating loosens the soil allowing…
Seeds to sprout easier
Canada is one of the largest agricultural exporters in the world...
Fact! In 2020, Canada exported nearly $74 billion in agriculture and food products (including raw agricultural materials, fish and seafood, and processed foods).
Precision agriculture is one way to better improve the industry. It uses GPS and other technological tools to collect data on crops and soil to optimize what 2 inputs...
Water & Fertilizer usage
The disadvantages of vertical farming involve____________, high costs to operate (labor and energy) and the ____________they chose to experiment with were cheaper to grow but they don’t contain enough ____________to sell and make a profit with.
high initial costs, vegetables, nutrition
What is 1 way of moving towards environmentally sustainable livestock...
-Cleaning and draining pens/barns frequently.
Breaking up the soil allows ______ and ______ to combine with the ______...
-Oxygen
-Organic Matter
-Dirt
Pesticides are not safe and bad for biodiversity...
Myth! Pesticides protect crops from pests, which help farmers grow a more abundant food supply. Technology is now so advanced that tests can detect infinitesimally small amounts of almost anything – think one drop of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
What are the 3 technological innovations that are being implemented today that we mentioned before...
- Precision Agriculture
- Automated Irrigation
-Genetically Modified Crops
What 3 things would you rely on in nature which has proven to work for thousands of years in the process of growing?... (_____,____/_____,______)
Sun, dirt/soil, water
What 2 countries have made contributions to improving the sustainability of the livestock sector...
- Mexico
-Argentina
Over Cultivation causes _______ to natural soil...
Destruction
Our current food system is sustainable enough to where the planet isn't affected...
Myth! Most people think our current food system is sustainable but it is not. It is not sustainable because they cause significant resource depletion and unacceptable environmental impacts.