Introduction


Small Scale Sustainable Agriculture is useful to the world. There are many different advantages to this method of farming. There are also many different locations around the world that have benefited from small scale sustainable agriculture. If you want to learn How to Practice Sustainable Agriculture this may help you.

Advantages of Small Scale Sustainable Agriculture


Food is currently produced on a corporate level. Food is being transported intercontinentally. The way that the food is being transported is releasing tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. With the way that the world produces and the way that we trade this has caused mass destruction to the planet. This includes global warming that is putting the ecosystem and human communities in danger. Global warming is affecting farmers through the changing weather patterns that bring about unusual weather that can destroy farmland and animals.

It is believed that small scale sustainable agriculture can help not only the environment, but the community as well. These farmers help to produce renewable energy. Unlike larger farms the smaller ones are, for the most part, growing different crops, and also have livestock for their farms. These farms are more productive than the larger farms that grow only one crop, or raise one type of livestock. Small scale sustainable agriculture is helping to cool down the earth. When communities are provided food from local farms the farms help in an economic way as well as with social development. The smaller farms could lead to better housing, education, and other local businesses that can thrive. Small scale sustainable agriculture is not only a benefit to the environment, but to the communities as well.


Regions


Different regions where this type of agriculture is most efficient is in both first and third world countries.

The United States is an area where small scale sustainable agriculture is used. The different types of this agriculture used in the United States include, vegetables, fruits, cut flowers, herbs, poultry, beef, pork, dairy products, and other goods.

Products and Benefits


These farms that use this practice of agriculture produce smaller amounts of the different products of the farm. The land use is limited and the products that they create are brought to local stores and markets to sell. Transporting the goods to local markets helps to cut down on the CO2 emissions that would have been used to transport in greater distances.

References


  • Food & Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region

Available: http://www.agnet.org/library/bc/44002/

  • Land Research Action Network

Available: http://www.landaction.org/spip/spip.php?article225

  • Growing Small Farms

Available: http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/

  • Oxfam America

Available: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/where_we_work/united_states/news_publications/food_farm/art2570.html

--Teresa Garrison 13:59, 6 December 2007 (PST)

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