Blog by aaron kleefield

Are farms part of nature? Are they more or less "natural" than say a garden?

I believe as we further our study of our relationship to nature it is clear that we play a large role in developing nature and nature has a strong impact on us as well. I believe farms are in a sense apart of nature being that they are made up of plants, and produce substance for us to consume. I feel that they are more a product of our effort to maintain and preserve nature. It is the "theme of uncertainty that unifies most of the questions now being raised about agriculture biotechnology by environmentalists and scientists. By planting millions of acres of genetically altered plants, we're introducing something novel into the environment and the food chain...(Pollan 210)" This quote anwers the question in that we are constantly evolutionizing technology and making nature more apart of our lives and also not letting nature take its course more naturally.