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The future of our food is not looking so hot thanks to the prevalence of monoculture agriculture. What is a monoculture you ask? Simply put a monoculture is a single crop repeatedly grown on the same land. Major crops that are grown as a monoculture are usually grains (i.e. corn, wheat or rice), forage (alfalfa or clover), or fiber (cotton). The combined cropland in the United States covers a whopping 253.7 million acres!
These crops are called commodity crops because, while they might seem like their usage is pretty straightforward, they are used in a number of goods and products – how many times do you read soy, corn, or wheat when walking through a grocery store? To ensure the optimal yields of these crops, companies have manufactured special strains of these crops and special fertilizers and pesticides. Due to