Agriculture, Sustainable Farming
Farmers harness advanced technologies, mechanical equipment, and science-based data, along with fertilizers and pesticides, to ensure a profitable harvest. Recent scientific advancements have significantly enhanced agricultural production, yielding better products and processes that increase yields while minimizing negative health and environmental impacts. According to the USDA, sustainable agriculture should satisfy human needs, enhance environmental quality, sustain economic viability, and improve quality of life. These practices promote healthy food production and preserve the environment for future generations.
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Farmers use a variety of advanced technologies, mechanical equipment, science-based data, as well as fertilizers and pesticides to ensure a profitable harvest.
More recently, advances in science have improved agricultural production by leaps and bounds, developing better products and processes that increase harvests while decreasing the negative impact on health and the environment.
Sustainable agriculture, as defined by the USDA, should over the long term, satisfy human needs, enhance environmental quality and natural biological processes, sustain economic viability, and enhance quality of life.
These practices will help us produce healthy food while preserving the environment for future generations.
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Subject: Science
Brand: TMW Media Group
Publisher Date: 08/12/2017
UPC: 709629046559
