Pros and Cons of Agriculture, Dairy, Meat, and Poultry

Kaylah Austin
Per. 2
Government
Food essay
This essay is about the pros and cons on agriculture, milk products, and meats poultry. I would like to restate my strongest arguments on everything on these subjects. Agriculture is the science or practice of farming. And that’s including cultivation of the soil for the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. Agriculture is good for the environment. Since you are making more efficient use of the land. You wouldn’t be able to supply the world with food by foraging. So agriculture, or processes that will yield greater harvests on the same plot of land, some problems can arise. Chemicals such as pesticicles and fertilizers can contaminate water supplies, and over farming a land can leave the soil barren. Also slash and bun agriculture, a form of agriculture primarily found in rain forests uses massive plots of land to yield smaller results. This impacts animal’s habitats.
One of the main arguments for USDA recommendations is that drinking milk or equivalent dairy products will reduce the risk of fractures. But in fact there’s very little evidence that milk consumption is associated with reduced fractures. Cow milk provides high-quality protein and is good sources of vitamin A, D, and B-12, and also riboflavin, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and calcium. If you drink milk at all, choose low-fat or none-fat organic ones. Nonfat milk retains most of the nutrients in whole milk, but hardly any of the calories or fat. Meat is bad for your health. Some people say tat the protein we need is in meats. You can find the same protein in many other things such as beans, potato's, wheat bread, nuts, grains, strawberries, rice, tomatoes, broccoli, green peas, and even onions. Meat has been pro oven to cause heart disease. Meat is in general, very high in fat, which can lead to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Meat can even raise blood pressure. It's also bad for our environment; did you know meat factories cause 80% of global warming? That's why everyone says that by going vegan your helping yourself, helping the environment, animals, your money, and helping solve world hunger! Wait; hold on a second, World hunger? That’s right an acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but only 165 pounds of beef. Reading this essay shows how much that milk products, meat poultry, and also agriculture are really are. By this little information that I gave many people have concerned the way they eat. Will you?