(par 5.4.3.2.2) Hidden cost of Industrial Agriculture
Hidden Costs of Industrial Agriculture Much of the agriculture practiced in the United States today is industrial-style agriculture. That is, farms are often very large, highly specialized, and run like factories with large inputs of fossil fuels, pesticides and other chemicals, and synthetic fertilizers derived from oil. This industrial agriculture is sometimes considered a great […]
(par 5.4.3.2.2) Ecological efficiency
Ecological efficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_efficiency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ecological efficiency describes the efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. It is determined by a combination of efficiencies relating to organismic resource acquisition and assimilation in an ecosystem. Primary production occurs in autotrophic organisms of an ecosystem. Photoautotrophs such as vascular plants and algae convert energy from the sun into energy stored as carbon compounds. Photosynthesis is carried out in […]
(par 5.4.3.2.2) Eating Fossil Fuels
Eating Fossil Fuels https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/corp/fossil-fuels.php by Dale Allen Pfeiffer, October 3 , 2003, 1200 PDT, (FTW) © Copyright 2004, From The Wilderness Publications, http://www.copvcia.com. All Rights Reserved. May be reprinted, distributed or posted on an Internet web site for non-profit purposes only. Human beings (like all other animals) draw their energy from the food they eat. Until the last […]