Animal Farming
Animal Farming (not the novel)
Concerns of intensive animmal farming
- high density of animal increaeas the risk of rapid spread of disease the animal population
- Ethical Concern
- [Afeminate ( Like soydevs )] organism by consuming anti-biotics that have feminine hormones
- Use of antibiotics to prevent an “possible” future illnes, instead of to mitigate.
- It will create animals imunes to weak antibiotics, resulting in an positive feedback, insert stronger antibiotiks
- High concentration of organic waste matter produced that can pollute water systems
Organic Farming
GMO’s(Genetic modified organisms) proghibition, also, the prohibition of chemical fertilizers and restrict the use of chemical fertilizers + Composting. – This helps to reduce chemical contamination of foods and limits pollution
Examples
- Physical removes by hand of pests or weeds
- Biological predators ( release the predator in the wild to hunt down the plagues ) to reduce pests instead of synthetic pesticides.
- Manure, compost and green manure as a sources of nutrients and to
improve soil structures of synthetic fertilizers –
Organic matter avoid erosion and help the crops - Crop rotation where a different groups of crops are grown each year, on a rotation of typically three or four years. In the next year they are replaced by legumes.
- Livestocks ( Gado ) are fed with organic feed and reared without
routine use of drugs and growth hormones. They are allowed space to move
around with acess to outdoor areas.
Organic Farming
- Organic farming is more labour intensive than intensive commercial farming and produces lower yields
- The costs of organinc produced crops tends to be higher, which has lead to accum
Organic Farming is driven by(Pergunta de nove pontos):
- Greater concerns over health, for instance, organic crops do not contain pesticedes residues or meat is not contaminated with growth hormones
- Concerns of ethics of intensive farming.