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Agriculture by Mind Map: Agriculture

1. factory farming

2. genetically modified crops

2.1. safety

3. Types of products

3.1. cattle

3.2. produce

3.3. dairy

3.4. mixed livestock + crops

3.5. Poultry

4. environmental effects

4.1. pesticides

4.1.1. run off

4.2. CO2 emmissions

4.3. leaching

5. pollution

5.1. air

5.2. water

6. organic farming

6.1. crop rotation

6.2. green manure

6.3. biological pest control

6.4. compost

6.5. limit / exclude manufactured pesticides or fertilizers

6.6. standards

6.6.1. organic certification

6.7. costs

6.7.1. social

6.7.2. ecomonic

6.7.3. opportunity

6.7.4. unintended

7. laws / legislation

7.1. Protect Farmers

7.1.1. Farm Bill

7.2. Protect consumers

7.2.1. USDA

7.2.1.1. food safety

8. sustainability

9. Pastoral Farming

9.1. livestock

9.2. grazing

9.3. better for animals

10. Industrialized Farming

10.1. machinary

10.2. pesticides / chemicals

10.3. antibiotics

10.4. high profit

11. monoculture

11.1. single crop

11.1.1. more disease

11.2. large harvest

11.3. minimum labor

12. polyculture

12.1. local

12.2. Benefits

12.2.1. reduces disease

12.2.2. environmentally friendly

12.3. Methods

12.3.1. biodiversity

12.3.2. companion planting

12.3.3. heirloom gardening

12.3.4. crop rotation

12.3.5. intercropping

12.3.6. multi-cropping

12.4. Costs