this way of growing food is negatively affecting our humans continue to cause climate change which in turn drives the current farming practices we will be out of topsoil in 60 continue to fell large swaths of forests contributing to more climate place to start the conversation and the change—is with industrial conventional agriculture conventional agriculture is destroying water quality is compromised by agricultural runoff of water from for watershed sciences studied the link between agriculture and groundwater and found that "agricultural fertilizers and animal wastes are by far the largest regional sources of nitrate in contains nitrates has been linked to an increased risk of colorectal observed increased risk with ingestion of water nitrate levels that out aquatic life and make water unsafe for swimming and drinking emissions up to 90 percent over the next century." use of chemicals depletes valuable soil nutrients and microbes requiring farmers to use ever-increasing amounts of chemical further depletes important soil microorganisms.*vi a recent united nations study found that one-third of the earth's fertile soil is being “acutely degraded." the biggest factor? conventional levels of pesticides or their metabolites in their bodies and most of the exposure comes from the food we eat and our drinking respiratory conditions.vii ix x xi xii
