monocrops

Golf courses are monocrops of grass that need chemicals and far far too much water, effecting aquifers and harming the ecosystem, all so fools in loud pants can waste time on a summers day.

Golfing With A Shotgun 2009

Golf courses are monocrops of grass that need chemicals and far far too much water, effecting aquifers and harming the ecosystem, all so fools in loud pants can waste time on a summers day.

Golfing With A Shotgun 2009

I abhor animal cruelty and the blight of monocrops and ocean runoff dead zones, but we mustn't ignore the exceptional ability of animals to harbor diseases- especially in dense unsanitary confinement, juxtaposed with food crops.

Meathead Goldwyn: Meat Or No Meat: Tell Us What You Think And Why Meathead Goldwyn 2010

Yes, annual monocrops are bad for the environment, but most are grown to feed animals.

Meathead Goldwyn: Meat Or No Meat: Tell Us What You Think And Why Meathead Goldwyn 2010

Modern commercial agribusiness has given us the ability to feed a burgeoning population -- although many still go hungry, not because of local famines but because of a system that keeps them in poverty, including the very people that labor to grow commercial monocrops.

Elizabeth Cunningham: Thoughtful Food, Food for Thought 2010

First of all, when we consider climax ecosystems (maximally productive ecosystems, those which sustain the highest levels and diversity of life per hectare/acre), we find that they are never monocrops.

Stan Goff: It's Not Rocket Science: Land Productivity, Food Rights 2009

These legions of rabid locavores are abusing their purchasing superpowers in a diabolical plot to deprive the world of out-of-season strawberries, genetically modified monocrops, and other wonders of industrial agriculture.

Kerry Trueman: Why Does McWilliams Lambast Locavores When His Real Beef Is With Meat Eaters? 2009

"Conservation" in today's symposium too seemed to be crafty balancing of "agricultural sacrifice zones" (where pesticides and fertilizers protect commodity monocrops) with non-farmed wild areas.

Timothy LaSalle: New Big Ag Push to Fight World Hunger Misses What Organic Ag Is Already Doing 2009

Are they similar to modern implements or are the monocrops making such tools obsolete?

Olives and People, Past and Present 2008

Another common idea that comes up in our conversations is that these growers, animal raisers and fishmongers are a small bulwark against the ever-rising tide of monocrops, corporate farming and the fast food nation.

Craig McCord: Is It Worth It? We Should Hope So 2008