Agriculture Reference
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ily dependent on fossil fuels. Animals raised in industrialized op-
erations, for example, are fed a diet consisting mainly of corn and
soybeans that require massive amounts of pesticides, herbicides,
and, particularly, artificial fertilizers. Indeed, fertilizer production
for feed crops alone contributes some 41 million tons of carbon di-
oxide (CO
2
) annually—the equivalent of that produced by nearly
7 million cars.
