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From VOA Learning English,
来自VOA英语学习，
this is the Agriculture Report.
这是农业报道。
Demand for meat, milk and eggs
对于肉类、牛奶以及鸡蛋的需求
is growing around the world.
在全世界不断地增长。
To meet that demand,
为了满足这种需求，
the way these products are produced is changing.
生产这些农作物的方式正在改变。
The change is from small farms
这些改变是来自于小农场
to large industrial operations.
到大的工业性作业。
This has already happened in the United States.
这一现象已经在美国出现。
But not everyone is happy with the change.
但并不是每个人都对这一改变表示高兴。
As a result, there is also a growing demand
结果，又有一个正在增长的需求
for products growing locally on small farms.
农作物在小农场当地生长。
In Clinton, North Carolina, some old buildings
在卡罗来纳州的北部， 克林顿市，一些老的建筑
are all that remain from the days
都是过去遗留下来的
when James Lame raised hogs next to his home.
当詹姆斯·兰姆在他家旁边养猪。
He saw that small farmers were having trouble
他看见小农场的农场主有困难
competing with companies that own large farms.
（他们）与拥有大农场的公司在竞争。
"They had better consistency,
他们有更好的稳定性，
better pork quality, better genetics.
更好的猪肉品质，更好的遗传基因。
So after college, in '98,
所以大学毕业后，在“98年，
I decided to try and modernize."
我决定尝试，将（农场）现代化。”
He stopped raising hogs in small building
他停止在小建筑物里养猪
and built two industrial-scale hog barns,
并建造了两个有工业化规模的牲口棚，
each of them holds 1,500 hogs.
每一个牲口棚可容纳1500头猪。
Nearly all pigs are raised this way
几乎所有的猪都以这种方式饲养
in the United States now.
现在在美国。
The government says
政府声称
the efficiency of large-scale production
大规模生产的效率
in a controlled environment
在一个可控制的环境下
has helped reduce the price of a pork chop
可以帮助减少猪饲料的价格
by nearly 20 percent since 1998.
自1998年起（减少了）将近20%。
These efficient and intensive production methods
这些高效的、加强的生产方法
are being used around the world,
正被全世界使用，
many experts say that is a good thing
许多专家声称，那是一件好事
as the demand for meat grows.
对于肉类需求增长。
But livestock expert Carolyn Opio points out
但是 家畜类专家卡罗琳·欧珀指出
that the land, water
土地，水
and feed required to produce it are limited.
以及需要生产的饲料要被限制。
"If we are to produce within the constraints
“如果我们在约束下生产
that we are facing today, efficiency, I think, is key."
我们现在面对这，高效，我认为，（这是）关键。”
Mrs Opio is with the United Nations Food
欧珀女士和美国国家食物
and Agriculture Organization,
和农业组织（在一起），
but the results of the efficiency
但这个高效的结果，
are not always necessarily good.
不总是一定好。
The waste from thousands of confined animals
来自成千上万的受限制动物的浪费
can pollute waterways, and produce greenhouse gases.
会污染河道，产生温室气体。
And some health experts are concerned about the antibiotics
一些健康专家关心的是抗生素
and other chemicals being put in the animal's feed.
其他化学药品被放在动物的饲料里
Others criticize the conditions in which the animals are kept.
其他人批判动物被保存的情况。
So today a growing number of people
所以现在一个人们增长的数字
are like Kevin Summers in Amissville, Virginia,
像在维吉尼亚，厄梅斯维的凯文·萨默斯，
are returning to small-scale farming.
返回小规模的农场。
"In order to feed the world, I think this is a better way,
“为了喂养世界，我认为这是一个更好的方式。
It's a cleaner way. It's a more humane way."
这是一个更干净的方式。这是一个更人性的方式。”
More Americans today say they want to know
更多的美国人现在声称他们想知道
where their food comes from,
它们的食物来自哪里，
some might like the way Kevin Summers raises his hogs.
一些人可能像凯文·萨默斯一样养猪。
"I can see the entire process unfold
“我能看到显露出来的整个过程
before my eyes and know that they had a good life
在我的眼前并且知道他们有一个好的生活
and were healthy and happy."
他们是健康的、幸福的。”
The hogs eat damaged apples and old pumpkins,
猪吃着被损坏的苹果和老的南瓜，
this reduces food waste,
这减少了食物浪费，
but this kind of farming also means higher prices.
但这种农场经营也意味着更高的价格。
Even so, Kevin Summers as he believes
虽然如此，凯文·萨默斯他相信
it would still be possible to meet global demand this way.
这种方式仍有可能去满足全球需求。
"It would just involve people making the choice
“这只（需要）人们做出选择
to buy this kind of food and say that,
去买这种食物并且说，
'I care about something other than just the cost.'"
‘我关心某些事情而不只是价格。’”
And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English,
以上来自VOA英语学习的农业报道。
I'm Karen Leggett.
我是凯琳·莱格特。
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