Industrial Farming
This is the most abundant crop grown in the U.S.
What is corn?
USDA organic foods are not allowed to be farmed using these two kinds of substances.
What are artificial fertilizers and pesticides?
The most impactful change you can make in your diet to reduce your carbon footprint.
What is eat less / no meat?
This is the ultimate source of all fresh water on Long Island.
What is precipitation (rain and snow)?
400 million gallons per day.
What is the total amount of groundwater pumped in Nassau and Suffolk Counties?
This is the second most abundant crop grown in the U.S.
What are soybeans?
As urban areas expand, this type of land is being lost.
What is farmland / small farms?
A main reason why it is important to "eat local" to reduce your carbon footprint.
What is reducing fossil fuel use for transportation?
The source of all fresh drinking water supplied on Long Island.
What is groundwater?
What are sewer systems?
Currently two out of every 100 people in the U.S. have this food-related job?
What is farmer?
Biologically, this describes the main beneficial attribute of small, local farms.
What is biodiverse / diverse / species rich?
This term describes the ecological impact of fertilizer and animal waste runoff from industrial farms on water bodies.
What is Eutrophication?
What is groundwater that feeds surface streams and lakes?
The negative ecological impact of septic systems.
What is nitrogen contamination of the groundwater?
This word describes farms that only grow a single species of crop.
What is monoculture?
This is a source of recycled fertilizer on small, traditional farms that is discarded on most large industrial farms.
What is waste / manure / compost?
Industrial farming produces excess quantities of corn and soy that are turned into this highly profitable food, which is much less healthy than fresh food.
What is processed food.
This is a body of rock or sediment that can hold and transmit useful quantities of fresh water.
What is an aquifer?
Examples are MTBE, TCE, PFOA, PFAS, and PCB.
What are chemicals that contaminate groundwater?
40% of corn and 78% of soybeans grown in the U.S. are used for this purpose.
What is animal feed?
This is a type of seafood that produces beneficial impacts on water quality when farmed at high density.
What is shellfish or kelp?
This non-profit organization was founded to promote sustainable food systems and move people away from processed and "fast" food.
What is the "Slow Food" movement?
The two terms that describe water that enters the groundwater system from the surface and the water that leaves the groundwater system.
What are recharge and discharge?
These are the two main impacts on the hydrologic system of using sewers to dispose of wastewater.
What is lowering of the water table / decrease in base flow and decrease in discharge to the coastline / saltwater encroachment?