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The Pros And Cons Of Biodiverse Farming

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Throughout this report, I will discuss the pros and cons of monoculture farming and biodiverse farming, as well as which type of agricultural approach I would choose from the perspective of a CEO of a new agribusiness corporation. I will expound on my decision based on what I have read and learned about different agricultural methods, the interconnectedness of the earth’s species, elements and values. By creating this decision, it will impact not only my own business, but also the consumers, the community, the environment surrounding my business’ operations, and persons and habitats indirectly connected to my business. Because of this decision’s extensive scope of impact, and the scale at which this decision could be detrimental or beneficial to the wellbeing of many species including my own, this decision is definitely a choice between a good and bad alternative. This is also a choice between efficiency, profitability, and environmental wellbeing, both in the short-term and long-term. This is a choice between providing consumers with pesticide-free food products versus pesticide-laden processed food products. Industrial food production started in 1947 when the chemical industry decided to shift their focus away from war-time technology to more peaceful applications, one of which was creating chemical fertilizers to help farmers in raising their crops. It was advertised that the synthetic fertilizers would allow farmers increase the fertility of their soil without the need
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