Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers, and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread [[ecological]] damage and negative human [[health]] effects. Selective breeding and modern [[practice]]s in animal husbandry such as intensive pig farming (and similar practices applied to the chicken) have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal cruelty and the health effects of the antibiotics, [[growth]] hormones, and other [[chemical]]s commonly used in industrial meat production. | Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers, and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread [[ecological]] damage and negative human [[health]] effects. Selective breeding and modern [[practice]]s in animal husbandry such as intensive pig farming (and similar practices applied to the chicken) have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal cruelty and the health effects of the antibiotics, [[growth]] hormones, and other [[chemical]]s commonly used in industrial meat production. |