Traditional vs Industrialized Agriculture: Practices, Advantages, and Impacts

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Agriculture Practice of raising crops and livestock for human use and consumption Old farming vs new Old- •plowing with cart and horse, hand held tools •irrigation- bucket or ditches •manual labor- ppl on farms for hours New farming- •plowing- tractors and machines •irrigation- connected through pipes and sprinklers •use of chemicals Advantages of old farming- Smaller farms, easier to check plants, better quality About 70% of food is grown on plots of land 5 acres or less by peasants and woman Impacts of agriculture Traditional agriculture- Agriculture using human muscle power, hand tools, and simple machines Industrialized agriculture- using large scale mechanics and fossil fuels to boost yields +pesticides, irrigation, and fertilizers