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Due to a concoction of irresponsible, shortsighted and cheap practices, conventional agriculture is extremely environmentally damaging and unsustainable. These practices are numerous and all contribute to agricultures unsustainability in different ways. They will be explored in the following paragraphs. The first practice that will be discussed is monoculture. Monoculture is growing a single crop on large plots of land. This is done because it is cheaper than growing a variety of crops, although at the cost of biodiversity. It is also the perfect environment for pests and diseases that could easily infect and ruin the entire crop.
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