How does farming cause extinction?

The animal agriculture industry is killing our environment and putting every species on this planet at risk of extinction. The animal agriculture industry’s pollution of our air, water and land, along with deforestation and soil degradation, all contribute to habitat loss and species extinction.

Are humans causing the next mass extinction?

Unlike previous mass extinctions, the sixth extinction is due to human actions. Since then, human actions have had an ever greater impact on other species. The present rate of extinction is between 100 and 100,000 species per year. In 100 years, we could lose more than half of Earth’s remaining species.

What will cause the extinction of humans?

Human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species due to either natural causes such as population decline due to sub-replacement fertility, an asteroid impact or large-scale volcanism, or anthropogenic (human) causes, also known as omnicide.

Why does industrial farming cause species loss?

Much of this population and species loss is caused by the application of synthetic chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Habitat loss and climate change are also major causes of soil microbe extinctions, resulting from the compaction and desiccation of soils.

How does industrial agriculture affect animals?

Factory-farmed animals produce more than 1 million tons of manure every day. The animal waste often contains undigested antibiotics which are given to the livestock to prevent the spread of disease in their confined living conditions.

How long until the Earth runs out of resources?

A study predicted that if the world’s economy and population continue to grow at their current pace, natural resources will run out within 20 years.

Does industrial agriculture feed the world?

Don’t industrial farms produce most of the world’s food? No. There are more than 570m farms worldwide; more than 90\% are run by an individual or family and rely primarily on family labour. They produce about 80\% of the world’s food.

How does industrial farming affect the environment?

According to some estimates, industrialized farming–which produces greenhouse gas emission, pollutes air and water, and destroys wildlife–costs the environment the equivalent of about US$3 trillion every year.