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Agriculture – Facts and Figures
- Over 27,000 square miles of farming land around the world is abandoned
every year because the soil can no longer support crops. This is
due to unsustainable farming practices, such as: clearing too
much land; growing the wrong types of crops; using too much water;
using
too
many pesticides; and having too many animals on one area of land.
- It takes a lot of resources, energy, labour and water to produce
the food and fiber we use. Did you know that you need about 2,400
gallons
of water to grow just 1 pound of cotton, and 185 gallons of water
to grow
enough
wheat
to
make
just
one
loaf of bread!
Nicholson, 2000.
 
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