Food, Glorious Food!
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The document discusses the environmental, economic, social, and political consequences of food production. Environmentally, increased population can lead to desertification through overcultivation, overgrazing, and depletion of groundwater stores. Desertification occurs as productive land turns to desert due to soil erosion and loss of vegetation from these practices. Monocultures from intensive farming also reduce biodiversity and rely on fertilizers and pesticides.
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