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Sustainable Farming
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- 1What is sustainable farming?Farming practices where the environment is considered before farming.
- 2What does sustainable farming enable?Long-term productive farming.
- 3What is unsustainable farming practices?Ways of farming that damages the environment and ultimately has a negative impact on farming.
- 4Is deforestation sustainable or unsustainable? Why?Unsustainable. It leads to soil erosion and habitat loss for indigenous animals.
- 5Why is habitat loss for indigenous animals bad for farming?Insects and animals will be forced to live off agricultural plants, leading to more use of pesticides.
- 6Why is it bad to use more pesticides to kill insects?It disrupts the local food chain and damages the natural ecosystem. It also means there are more pesticides on the food we eat.
- 7What happens when the natural ecosystem is disrupted?All the non-agricultural activities in an area are negatively affected, natural resources become extinct which in turn negatively affects farming and people.
- 8What is the overuse of fertilizer?When farmers give too much fertilizer to their plants.
- 9Is the overuse of fertilizer sustainable or unsustainable?Unsustainable.
- 10What can happen to the extra fertilizer?The extra fertilizer can leach or run off into rivers and natural water systems.
- 11Why is an overgrowth of algae and other plants in water sources bad?The plants take up all the oxygen in the water, which means there is no oxygen for the fish, and they will die.
- 12What will addressing unsustainable farming practicesA healthy natural ecosystem and a healthy human community.
- 13Is proper management of soil a sustainable or unsustainable farming practice?Sustainable.
- 14Why is soil such an important natural resource?Plants need soil (especially fertile topsoil) to grow in. Only 1mm of soil is formed every 1000 years.
- 15Why was The Great Dustbowl such a tragedy?It will take thousands and thousands of years to replace the topsoil that blew away and to make the region fertile again.
- 16How can we prevent another event like the Great Dustbowl Tragedy?Never leave soil bare, always try to grow a cover crop.
- 17Is proper management of water resources a sustainable or unsustainable farming practice?Sustainable.
- 18Why is water such an important natural resource?All life on earth needs water to survive. There is no way to make new water.
- 19What happens when water becomes contaminated with pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer?Humans and animals can't drink it and plants can't use it.
- 20How can we protect our water sources?Treat each river and dam as if it were the last water resource on the planet. Do not over apply agricultural chemicals near water sources.
- 21Is using fewer fossil fuels a sustainable or unsustainable farming practice?Sustainable
- 22What are 3 examples of fossil fuels and why should we find other energy sources?Petrol, diesel, coal. Fossil fuels are running out and they are bad for the environment.
- 23Do farms use a lot of electricity and fuel? Why?Yes. Farms use fuel for tractors and big machines, and electricity for water pumps and machinery to process food.
- 24What are 2 advantages of using solar and wind energy on farms?1. It saves money in the long run.
2. Farming can continue even if there is an interruption to the electricity supply (load shedding). - 25Why are human resources so important to farming?Without the farmers and farm workers, there would be no food.
- 26Why is it important to treat farm workers well?If they are not treated well no one would want to work on farms, and food production would decline.
- 27Why is it important to farm sustainably?So that there is enough food for everyone and so that farming can continue in the future.
- 28Who/what benefits from sustainable farming?People, economies, ecosystems, the environment.
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