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Our world needs food. The farmers and ranchers give 

us food. They grow the fruits, vegetables, and animals 

to feed us.

Growing this food is not always clean when we make 

the land ready and clean up after the growing season 

there is a lot dirt that can be washed away. Our 

animals make waste and this waste can dirty up lakes 

by run-off.

When the dirt is moved from the farm, it makes it very 

hard for us to grow food. When our water gets dirty 

then our animals can get sick. We need to do what we 

can to protect the water we and our animals drink.

A farmers job is to grow a lot of food. 

They use fertilizers, pesticides, and 

herbicides to help grow this food, 

control bugs, and control weeds. The 

problem is that too much of this can be 

bad for you and me. These chemicals 

can run off into our water which causes 

to much algae. When it get out of 

control it is an algae bloom.

Chemicals in our water are bad too. When too 

many pesticides or other chemicals get in the 

water the fish and animals that drink the water 

can be harmful to eat. Polluted water effects all 

the animals and plant that need clean water. 

The Midwest was made up of grass and trees and now 

is farms and ranches that require a lot of water when 

plants and animals are growing. At times there are not 

enough plants to soak up rain causing run-off. It can 

be bad.

It is every ones responsibility to make sure we take care 

of the land. Farmers should take care of their land so the 

soil stays and the water doesn't get polluted. Everyone 

should not put too much fertilizer in the grass. 

Our animals and farmlands need water. This is called 

irrigation. Too much or too little of this can be bad and 

wasteful. If we waste too much there won't be enough 

to water our plants animals.

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