The biggest obstacle for many farmers and producers in addressing increased food production for the growing human population is avoiding environmental problems. We know that in the coming decades, cities and suburbs will become larger across the United States, and by 2050, population growth will likely equate to 2.6 billion more people to feed. We need to look for different ways to produce food that dramatically reduce harmful environmental effects in areas such as biodiversity loss, soil erosion and air pollution. Biodiversity is a variety of all living things where plant and animal species exist and interact. . The variety of life such as genetic variation, species variation, ecosystem variation, or plant and animal species are essential to the health of our earth's ecosystems. Without it, most life forms would not exist. Food and biofuel production systems have caused massive losses of biodiversity. For example, “natural biodiversity and ecological services are threatened when tropical and other forests are cut down and when grasslands are plowed up and replaced with cropland used to produce food and biofuels for automobiles.” (Miller & Spoolman, 2013, p. 216) Another problem to be addressed is the increasing loss of the world's variety of plant and animal species used to provide food. According to scientists, since 1900 we have lost about 75% of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops once available to farmers. We can assume that a small amount may be “stored in seed banks, in some gardeners' backyards, and in non-profit organizations such as Seed Savers Exchange.” (Miller & Spoolman, 2013, p. 216) In fact, this suggests that we are rapidly reducing the world's gene pool...... half of the paper ......d organic vegetable farm that can grow forty or more several crops on one piece of land. Furthermore, developing more sustainable agriculture helps retain more water in the soil during drought years, uses approximately 30% less energy per unit of yield, increases biodiversity above and below ground, and reduces carbon dioxide emissions. carbonic. (Miller & Spoolman, 2013, p. 231) The organic farming approach has a number of environmental benefits, and even farmers in less developed countries can use the organic method to grow crops. More and more farmers and producers are forced to focus on reducing their environmental impact. impact as demand for increased food production grows. The main benefits of growing food more sustainably help biodiversity, improve topsoil fertility, reduce topsoil erosion, switch to using less fossil fuels and decrease greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.