Sustainable agriculture plays a big role in today's farming industry and it's shaping the way the world grows organic, low input or holistic crops. Here are seven key facts to know about sustainable agriculture. For additional information about sustainable agriculture visit: www.Holganix.com

1. 7 Key Facts about
Sustainable Agriculture
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M a n u f a c t u r e r s o f b i o l o g i c a l s o l u t i o n s
f o r p l a n t h e a l t h .

2. Fertilizer production is an
energy intensive activity that
some estimate consumes 3 – 5% of
the world’s energy.1

3. 40% of today’s global
population works in
agriculture.
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4. Organic food accounts for
nearly 4% of all food products
sold in the U.S.
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5. WRI reports that we need 70% more
food in 2050 than we have today in
order to provide for a 9.6
billion-world population.4

6. Most produce is picked 4—to-7 days
before being placed on supermarket
shelves and is shipped an average
of 1,500 miles5

7. Fertilizer runoff contributes to
deadzones where no-to-little marine
life survives. The largest is in the
Gulf of Mexico and was 6,474 square
miles large in 20156

8. Sustainable agriculture can
mean organic, low-input, free
range or holistic in nature.
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