food and sustainability,”- Shifts to mechanized agriculture in North America affected the workforce greatly. From 1790 to 1910, family-owned farms provided food for domestic consumption and export. Today, these farms are being replaced by mechanized, corporate agribusiness.-Green revolutiontechnologies and strategiesto increase yields (such asirrigation, computerization,GMO seeds, chemicalfertilizers
pesticides andherbicides) pollute waterresources and even affectcoastal areas. Pollution has eroded one thirdof North Americantopsoil due to such farmingmethods.”