Animal Farming (not the novel)

--- tittle: ESS TOPIC __ ANIMAL FARMING author: Written by, Jigha Schad date: 2023-02-10 --- # 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.