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  • Essay / Growing a Future - 1047

    About seven years ago, a documentary called King Corn hit the media by showing the factors that hinder the downsides of industrial agriculture. Throughout the film, the two main participants Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney produce tomatoes in the back of a 1986 Dodge Ram. This project was known as "Truck Farm", while demonstrating a creative approach to growing a garden in an undesirable location. The two friends took this farm to different neighborhoods in urban areas so that the children could have hands-on experience and see how food grows. and open their eyes to new ideas in agriculture (nationalgeogrpahic.com). Similar to Ellis and Cheney's intentions, this eco-driving technique in which people who are looking for alternative ways to grow food differently from the traditional industrial approach must see the effectiveness of sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is effective within an economic approach where it can solve different situations holistically. Sustainable agriculture also shows promise in contributing to community involvement, and the health benefits are primarily the idea that people are generally more familiar with in urban/sustainable/organic agriculture. By sustainable definition, to what extent can sustainable agriculture differentiate techniques from traditional industrial practices with evaluation in a context where money, health and social aspects. People who have a curious interest in becoming more sustainable are more than likely to eventually embrace this area of ​​change in agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is a response to the industrial age that has developed over decades. The argument that different sustainable agricultural techniques are effective is not on everyone's personal thought agenda. People who have primary objections to...... middle of document ...... agriculture can address the damage caused to the environment and human health by industrial agriculture, " Environmental Health Perspectives 110, no. 5 (May 2002). Pollan, Michel. In Defense of Food: An Eaters' Manifesto. New York: 2009. Penguin Print.Sheila Golden. Impacts of urban agriculture: social, health and economic: a literature review. UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Institute. November 13, 2013. May 1, 2014. “Sustainable Agriculture: The Basics” Grace Communications Foundation. 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016 United States. 2014Urban agriculture, more than a gardening organization. www.urbanfamring.org. 2012.Winter, Michael. “Integration, new food economy and defensive localism. Journal of Rural Studies. 19 Issue (2002) 23-32. Elsevier Science. www.elsvier.com/local/jrurstud. Can 1 2014.