Sustainable vs Industrial Agriculture

Industrial agriculture maximizes production and profits by using excessive amounts of chemicals pesticides, herbicides and hormones.

Sustainable Farms usually have unsanitary conditions at their factory farms

__________ farmers protect the environment by managing their farms in a responsible manner, respecting the earth

_________ agriculture causes massive topsoil erosion and aquifer depletion

Factory farms concentrate enormous numbers of animals in small areas, storing their waste in huge lagoons.

Sustainable agriculture contaminate ground and surface water with toxic pesticide and fertilizer runoff.

___________farming promotes land conservation through crop rotation, and planting of cover crops.

Which farming practice is better for the environment?

_________ raised animals are regularly fed antibiotics to promote growth and keep them alive in unsanitary conditions.

Biodiversity means...