Food security is one issue comprised of a vast amount of very pressing individual problems. The world’s population is ever-increasing at exponential rates. With consumption rates continuously pushing the limits on and shortening the supply of finite resources such as fuels and land, food security is becoming an increasingly pressing issue on the global stage. In order for food supplies to supply the population and the concurrent necessary consumption, emissions and pollution is growing in the food industry; farmers and agricultural industries are competing for land and conflict is arising over water scarcity. This does not even cover the ecological degradation of soil producing lower yields with fossil fuel and pesticide use.

Water Shortages Becoming a Rampant Issue Globally
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            Large-scale industrial farming is tearing up much-needed lands used in food production and unsustainable yet cost efficient farming practices are running rampant in modern industry, only adding to the stresses on the issue of food security. Genetic modification and engineering of seeds has led to “self-terminating” plants, or plants that are unable to reproduce for themselves. This forces farmers to buy and cultivate entirely new seedlings and no similar food product.

Sustainability in Industrial Crop Production?
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         There have been attempts in addressing and fighting food security. In the “Green Revolution” of the 1960’s and following years, sustainable practices in the conservation and use of irrigation resources along with a changing perspective on widespread pesticide use led to healthier, higher yields of crop and food supplies. This solution did not end at a higher yield however. Successful crop growth assisted in population booms and higher consumption. Higher demand for food supplies leads to increased needs in land for farming, a problem often easily addressed by Biopiracy and land-grabbing techniques which have immense effects on indigenous cultures.

Altered Irrigation Techniques Following the Green Revolution
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            In all, food security encircles a multitude of issues that cannot be solved in a single effort.