what are the effects of a modern farming techniques?

Question

upon the enviroment, soil, water supply and food chain

Answer 1

Well, on the food chain, it produces more food so more people can live without starving. Effects on the environment, soil and water are really no different than in ancient farming. There can be soil erosion, polluted runoff, destruction of natural habitat. But that was true a thousand years ago. The only difference today is how much food is produced.

Answer 2

Modern, intensive farming methods are very bad for the environment. The chemicals they emit pollute the land and large feed lots cause soil erosion and degrade the land and denude it of natural minerals. Food is shipped around the world instead of being grown locally. We need to turn to locally grown organic food where the soil is fed naturally by composting. Healthy soil can produce much more food than degraded chemical saturated land and it can keep producing good food year after year. The soil is a precious commodity that needs to be nurtured

Answer 3

Nobody can farm and make good money at it anymore...thanks to the EPA and enviro-commies. Got a friend that puts most of his time into farming and he told me he clears about as much as a person would who works the counter at a convinance store for 40 hours a week...it is just about the love of farming that keep him doing it.

Answer 4

Modern Techniqes farming is non pollution and comfortable to start for agriculture and wont give any harmful effect if u use biocomponents,manure or bio fertilizers.