Faced with a growing population and an ever-greater environmental impact, it is important to understand the issues at stake for agriculture and society. This topic describes farming techniques, their lasting effect and their future. It also reveals how to break down the life cycle of a manufactured product to get a better understanding of the implications of producing food.

Understanding the economic and environmental implications of producing food.

To understand the challenges farming faces today, it is essential to comprehend both its impact on the environment and the need to feed a growing population. Such issues become apparent in the description of the life cycle of agricultural and manufactured products.

Understanding the economic and environmental implications of producing food

Do you know how your food is produced and how that affects the environment? Farmers and many other people work hard to enable you to enjoy rice or a pizza. Some food is even harvested, prepared and transported from the other side of the world! To work out how to produce enough food for everyone, while also protecting our planet, we need to start by understanding the life cycle of food!

How do we produce the food we eat? What impact does that have on the planet?