Artificial selection is used to produce plants or animals with desired traits and farmers have been doing this for decades. Many of the foods we consume today are very different from their ancestors because we have selectively chosen to breed and grow plants with desirable traits and not to invest and breed plants that we … Read more
Kistler’s overriding premise is that urban agriculture and art making can be intertwined to build and promote community. This community-building in turn strengthens the city as a whole, knitting its diverse fabric of neighborhoods into the broader metropolis that values its sense of place. Art About Agriculture encourages artists to investigate the visual resources of … Read more
In addition, since aquaponics is a closed system that recirculates water, it requires significantly less water than typical agricultural methods. This system also requires less land; aquaponic systems can come in a variety of sizes and are often more productive than regular farming methods. Aquaponics is a modern method of agriculture that eliminates the use … Read more
Aquaponics Aquaponics Aquaponics /ˈækwəˈpɒnᵻks/, refers to any system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In normal aquaculture, excretions from the animals being raised can accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity. en.wikipedia.org farming is a method … Read more
Antibiotic Use in the Agricultural Industry and the Rise in Resistant Strains Applying Antibiotics to Animals. General application of antibiotics can be done in two ways, as feed additives or injections (Hao et al., 2014). Government Antibiotic Legislation. … Antibiotic Resistance, Transmission, and Sources. … In agriculture, antibiotics are most commonly used to prevent and … Read more
The main use of agricultural clones is to produce breeding stock, not food. Clones allow farmers to upgrade the overall quality of their herds by providing more copies of the best animals in the herd. These animals are then used for conventional breeding, and the sexually reproduced offspring become the food producing animals. Clones allow … Read more
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Although often overlooked in conversations about climate change, animal agriculture … Read more
Farm animals contribute not only a source of high-quality food that improves nutritional status but also additional resources such as manure for fertilizer, on-farm power, and other by-products, and, in addition, provide economic diversification and risk distribution (12, 13, 16 – 18). Full Answer How much does animal agriculture contribute to the US economy? Overall, … Read more
All animals influence the environment to varying extents. The production of livestock and poultry has marked impacts on the environment influencing water, air, and soil. Manure or animal waste is the predominant source of concern particularly with intensive animal agriculture. Animal agriculture produces 65% of the world’s nitrous oxide emissions which has a global warming … Read more
In rotational grazing systems, animals help to store carbon in the soil. Through grazing for a limited time period in one area, biodiversity of native plants increases because grasses have time to regrow equally without one species taking over and becoming invasive. Livestock production can be an important component of a sustainable agricultural system because … Read more