Agriculture is the idea of farming the land and using the natural resources that around to cultivate the land for food. Sometimes it goes as far as farming animals and using their skin to make clothing. California has had a very long history when it comes to agriculture. Before the European settlers came to California, the Native Americans did not see a need to take a risk in agriculture. The land around the Native American tribes had enough richness that there was no need to do so. Hunting, fishing and farming were the three main ways that Native Americans collected their food. (http://www.native-languages.org/food.htm) There were some practices of raising domesticated animals for meat, but that wasn’t very common. Once the European settlers came in 1769 that was when the agriculture in California began to revolutionize. The European settlers brought unnatural animals and plants with them to their trip to California. With exotic plants and seeds that transformed California’s landscape, the European settlers were the beginning of bringing the science of agriculture to America. California has been one of the leading places in the world in agriculture since 1948. (http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/files/Seeds_of_Change_06-01-09.pdf) In this paper, I am going to explore the introduction of agriculture in California.
