Food & the Environment: Extra Credit Blog

I predict that global warming will have many impacts on global food production in the future. Some of the
impacts will be the push for reduced-tillage or no-tillage agriculture, the need for improved irrigation systems, the growth of heat and drought tolerant crops, and an increase in organic agriculture. I believe that some areas will need to use greenhouses to grow their produce and some areas will lose production all together. There will also be a push for more energy efficient machinery and renewable energy for agricultural production. The food produced from the oceans could be lost or severely altered and climate variations will change the way of meat production. There are many aspects that are yet to be seen, but global food production will be changed in many ways and quite dramatically.