Problems with industrial agriculture

Industrial Agriculture: Features and Policy. A good description, indicating potential problem sources. By Union of concerned scientists (UCS).

The Costs and Benefits of Industrial Agriculture. An introduction to the environmental and economic costs. By UCS.

Excerpt: "It is time to transform agriculture into a sustainable enterprise, one based on systems that can be employed for centuries -- not decades -- without undermining the resources on which agricultural productivity depends."

Food? Health? Hope?: Genetic Engineering and World Hunger (NOTE: 213 kB). Cornerhouse Briefing. Excellent and comprehensive. Addresses the problems with industrial agriculture including biotechnology from a broad perspective with special reference to world hunger.
The Hazards of Modern Agriculture. Excerpts from prominent news media articles covering various problematic aspects of this issue.

"Even a limited examination of the financial costs of regulating and abating the impact of intensive industrial agriculture reveals enormous expenditure, most of it out of the public purse. "
Lessons from the Green Revolution. There is growing evidence that Green Revolution-style farming is not ecologically sustainable. Yields are falling in a number of Green Revolution areas. The causes of this phenomenon have to do with long-term soil degradation.
Increased use of chemicals in agriculture worldwide seen as major environmental threat
Source: Science Daily April 4, 2001. Original source: University Of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
Nitrate in drinking water increases risk for bladder cancer.
- Chemical fertilizers are a major source of nitrates in drinking water.
Source: Science Daily April 17, 2001. Original Source: University of Iowa.

"Genetically Engineered Food - Safety Problems"
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