What is sustainability?

It is...

Sustain means to keep something in existance by support and for permanent means

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Sustainable Agriculture is...

Sustainable Agriculture means finding sustainable ways to meet society's present need for food and materials, without compromising the ability for the current and future generations needs.

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Benefits of Sustainable Ag

There are 4

• Environmental Preservation

• ​Protection of Public Health

• ​Healthy Work Community

• Upholding Animal Welfare​

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Environmental Preservation

farmers do not use toxic chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, genetically modified seeds (GMOs), and degrading soils with certain practicies

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Protection of Public Health

No toxic chemicals means safer consumption as well as safer for the workers who work with the product​

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Healthy Work Community

farmers and their workers will have safer working conditions. They will also have a cleaner work locations so they will not have as many health problems

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Upholding Animal Welfare

animals health and well being will be very positive. Being treated with care and avoiding potentially toxic medicine will promote their health.​

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Sustainable Ag Practices

• Crop Rotation:

• Cover Crop

• Tillage Elimination

• Livestock Crop Integration

• ​Agroforestry Practices

• ​Managing Landscapes

• ​​Integrated Pest Management

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• Hills or mountains that are cut into steps for the purpose of growing crops​

• Commonly found in Asia and parts of South America

• Rice, barley, maize, potatoes,and wheat​

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Terrace Farming

• plowable land that can be used to grow crops​

• India, US, China, Russia, and Brazil commonly use it

• Wheat, barley, oil seed, peas, beans, sugar beets, and potatoes​

Arable Farming

• raising livestock for products in a large open area

• all over the world

• cattle, sheep, horse, pig, and chicken

Pastoral Farming

• raising crops and livestock on the same farm

• all over the world

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Mixed Farming

Trivia

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YouTube videos

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXTZVKYYyig​ --cashew​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2WUnBjmkk --saffron​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqAJoD-PpA​ --Terrace​

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPEErJnErU&t=75s --Banana​

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow9c_hyNPOo&t=8s --Sugar Cane

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNpjqH-mQQ --Hottest Pepper

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