FOOD WASTE REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING
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expensive to use
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require nonrenewable resources to produce
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results in increased pest resistance to pesticides
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results in excess nitrogen in soil and water
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Detailed explanation-1: -Farming without the use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides is known as organic farming.
Detailed explanation-2: -Organic farming seeks to provide authentic food while respecting natural life cycle processes. These include ecological land management to balance animal life, the natural environment, and food crops. Use of artificial fertilizers, synthetic chemicals, and genetically modified organisms must be avoided.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Vicious Cycle of Reliance on Chemicals This increases the susceptibility of plants to pests and diseases and means that in the long-run farmers enter a vicious cycle whereby they have to use more and more fertilizers, and the soil becomes degraded until it is no longer suitable for agricultural use.