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ag and society
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-200 hundred years bac 95% of ppl was farmers
-2008 less than 2% U.S has some of the most fertile soil -PA is 18 in income pro. in ag PA first in mushroom pro. |
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food and fiber system
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list of jobs for ppl in the americas
feed and cloth over 280 million ppl from ag industry |
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food production
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how the food is
grown or produced USDA-ur only considered a farmer if u gross or 250,000 -only 2 million farms in the year 2000 |
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green revolution
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when alot of food in U.S was being grown the prices dropped
-chemicals -fertilizers -grains -H20 |
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industrialized country
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when a country uses machinery for harvesting
-surplus of food and fiber |
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farm to market
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the process when food goes from farms to markets
-used to be local -but now it world-wide |
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subsitance farming
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grow crops for household cunsumtion
-only farmer benifits |
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shifting cultivation
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techs. used 4 clearing land
-typical done in developing nations -clear land/plant/move on |
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slash and burn
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if left over time its good
-but if it over used it bad do to it ruins instead of giving back |
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cheap food
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-amount of imput into production
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