Agro-Industry

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Agro-Industry, the dominant agricultural paradigm in the 21st century, is the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food, fiber and energy using modern equipment, agro-chemicals and methods.

Agro-industrial farming is typically degenerative to it's environment and relies on depleting natural resources such as energy, soil fertility and biodiversity.

Reductionism

Economy of Scale