Conventional Agricultural Food Production
Conventional
Agricultural Food Production
“Conventional farming,
also known as industrial agriculture, refers to farming systems
which include the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides,
herbicides and other continual inputs, genetically modified organisms,
concentrated animal feeding operations, heavy irrigation, heavy irrigation,
or concentrated monoculture production.
Despite its name, conventional agricultural methods have only
been in development since the late Nineteenth Century, and did not become
widespread until after World War 2.
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