Populotion, Development, Bigger Farm Output, Food Processing Growth
Rural Change Leads to Environmental Conflict,
Until recent years, most agri- pie and the enhancement of the
cultural wastes were used con- environment in which they live,”
structively by recycling into Dr. Larson wrote recently in a
farm soils. special issue of “Science in Agri-
Farms and food processing culture,” the quarterly magazine
•plants were generally isolated ot the Agricultural Experiment
from people. But today’s closer station at Penn State. The issue
intermingling of farms, factories, devotes all 24 pages to environ
and people is creating new prob- mental quality,
lems from environmental con- The problems, Dean Larson
flicts, according to Dr. Russell said, include (1) population
E. Larson, Penn State University growth, (2) residential develop-
Dean of the College of Agricul- ments in rural areas, (3) devel
ture. “ " opment of intensified animal and
“A collision course has devel- poultry production units beyond
oped gradually between fulfill- the capacity of available land for
ment of the basic needs of peo- recycling wastes, and (4) the
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growth of food processing plants
in proportion to the population.
Large numbers of people re
quire goods and services which
alter the biosphere, he pointed
out. These changes demand cor
rective systems as dynamic as
the growth pattern itself, he
affirmed, if people are to live in
a quality environment.
“Quite frankly, close proximity
to markets has been good for
food producer, processor, and
consumer. Until the last decade,
the number and seriousness of
environmental conflicts have not
been sufficiently critical to stim
ulate society into willingness to
pay the costs associated with
large populations.”
Now, however, the social and
economic factors ( have become
more intimately related. Sub
urbia is going to expand and so
are farming and processing
plants for food and fiber.
“We recognize a responsibility
to utilize or recover all of the
ingredients surrounding the
main products or services re
quired by society,” he said.
Future research projects in
the College of Agriculture, he
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said, will contain an integral ob
jective of by-product usage or
disposal in such manner as to
improve the environment.
Dr. Larson indicated that pol
lutants related to agriculture
cover factors other than organic
wastes. Of equal concern are
sedimentation, pesticide residues,
misdirected plant nutrients, and
various inorganic salt and min
eral accumulations.
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