Animals and humans are meant to live side by side. Unfortunately, industrial revolution has brought detrimental effects on earth. Not only have plantations for big industries worsened resource depletion, but also they have caused significant pain for animals for decades.
Is lack of food most likely the cause?
Humans are so tempted to expand their lives. Food security has, if not the sole reason, been trusted to be the main drive of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO). Therefore, advanced research has altered the way people interact with nature as well as with wild animals. Is that so?
Let's take deep dive below the surface!
Humans' life depends on wildlife. Everything we eat comes from the wildlife. Without diversity in food, we lose nutritious element for our digestive system to function normally. By protecting the wildlife and animal habitat, humans surely strengthen food security on earth.
Unfortunately, food security has been translated as a threat. It has driven large industries to advance their research and gradually influenced farmers to change their farming methods. Polycrop farming has been replaced by monocrop farming for the sake of high yields.
This, in turn, has an impact on soil health. Also, the use of big machinery on large farms has potentially ruined the natural process of soil productivity. As a result, we have lost ecological sustainability by focusing on cultivating a single crop species over a large area.Â
In fact, the use of pesticides has also increased significantly over the years, leading to gradual soil nutrient depletion.
Keeping Traditional Farming Methods
Food is always enough for anybody. There has been a misleading idea to think that food is limited. Instead, forcing large scale of technological farming has made it thrive for our ecosystem and animal habitats.
Ideally, traditional farming methods focus on sustainability. They help promote soil health in three ways: applying organic fertilizers, keeping crop rotation, and protecting biodiversity. This approach is highly crucial for creating the balance in the wildlife.
