... shortenings, chocolate coatings, a flouringredient, and medicines. Soybean oil also is used in such industrial products asprinting inks, cosmetics, linoleum, vinyl plastics, paints, caulking compounds, ... mention in this chapter. In the agricultural sector, we have witnessed the advent of no tillage farming;significant increases in the use of organic farming practices, including a decrease in the ... crop plants; an increase in crop speciesdiversity; an increase in the use of genetically modified food plants in America; aslowly emerging trend toward urban agriculture; and increasing use of hydroponicproduction...