The Organic Center collaborated with Professor James Galloway’s team at the University of Virginia to investigate the effect of different farming systems on nitrogen pollution. Over the last century food production has played a large role in the increased production of excess reactive nitrogen (all nitrogen forms other than N 2). 2. In this guide, we outline the potential negative effects of the agriculture industry on the environment. Through organic farming practices, there are more opportunities to specialize. Organic farming allows for specialization opportunities. The positive outcomes in are the results that indicated that organic farming had superior environmental effects, while the negative outcomes implied otherwise. Cotton, an in-demand crop, requires a lot of irrigation and excess water when grown conventionally. Conventional farming practices focus on the growth of a specific commodity crop. The reason the monarch butterfly numbers are decreasing is because meadows with milkweed are being displaced by farms with weed control. The differences were more prominent at the plot scale than in matched landscapes. This article focuses on negative health effects of pesticides, but the big picture goes far beyond that. Perhaps the biggest problem with organic farming is that it uses more land than conventional farming. The Swedish Food Agency (Svenska Livsmedelsverket SLV) recently published a report on a many-faceted breakdown of environmental effects in farming per one kilogram of farming product. What about the environmental effects? In the United States, that means soybeans, wheat, or corn are typically grown. Animal farming has a number of negative effects on the environment, most of which have to do with large feedlot operations: 1. Across several metrics, organic agriculture actually proves to be more harmful for the world’s environment than conventional agriculture. This study aims to dig deeper about the negative effect of using NPK Synthetic Granular Fertilizers and pesticides in the rice & vegetable farms in Nueva Ecija and the burning of rice stalks right after harvesting that adversely affected the environment & mother earth.