Green Revolution

I think that new technology is needed to keep increasing food production. The population of the world is almost certainly going to keep growing to an unfathomable amount. The only way to keep up with the booming population is to having a booming agriculture as well. An industrial revolution was needed to moderize the growing western civilization in a sanitary fashion. Large cities could not function with their large populations without the aid of modern sewage systems and other modern structures. The indutrial revolution met the needs of a population living in close quaters. Now the world needs an agricultural revolution to feed those hungry people and their children. New technology is needed to keep increasing food production; but there is a sustainable way to do so.

The world does need technology incorporated into its farming practices for sure, but it needs this scientific knowledge supplemented in a sustainable way. If not implemented with the future in mind, technology could lead to disastrous ends. We must think like the Native Americans who believed in thinking about how each of their actions will affect their future generations. High-impact modern 'green revolution' type farming no-doubtedly has negative impacts on the environment. Loss of bio-diversity, droughts, erosion, poisoning from pesticides and fertilizers are some of the detrimental effects of the 'green revolution'. These advanced farming practices have the good intent of being able to feed expodential amounts of people but farms must do so with the environment in mind. We should put its name to use and turn this 'green revolution' into a revolution of agriculture that has the main goal of perpetuating all of the green in our world, while also feeding our people.


Modern technology is the only way to provide the world's population with a sufficient amount of food. If one wanted to feed the population of the world using traditional techniques, an unrealistic amount of acerage would be needed. Farmland is being closed in on by the growing poulation. Rural communities are being replaced by suburbs. The only way to get more food out of less amount of land is by increasing the efficeintcy of the land, farming techniques, and the plants themselves. Plant hybrids must be produced that require less fertilizer, pesticides, and water. This all is possible, but positive feedback from the public is needed. The world cannot expect to get all natural or original type of plants when they are having seven children each. Each child is going to encroach on even more farnmland. There is a way for these plant hybrids to be grown in a natural way that sustains the environment for future generations. Hybrid plants should be grown with other hybrid plants in a field with the lowest amount of tilling possible so the environment is kept in an as natural state as possible.

Modern technology is definitely needed to feed the growing world population. The 'green revolution' does not have to be a set of reckless techniques that disregard the environment. New technolgy should be coupled with the natutral style of growing. In a natural setting, agricultural plants may live in a harmonious cycle with the earth rather than at an unnatural grueling pace. This will sustain the resources of our earth in a way that feeds our people.