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“Duct Tape In Agriculture – Baxter finds new ways for duct tape on the farm!”
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I need to describe Subsistence agriculture and discuss its relationship to sustainability. I can’t find this in my book though. I know what sustainable agriculture is, but I’m guessing it isn’t the same as subsistence agriculture. Help someone?

Subsistence agriculture is farming that is done to provide food for the farmer. This as opposed to growing cash crops like cotton and tobacco where the farmer grows crops to sell for money.

Rooy Media LLC has created over fifty programs that educate people about important social issues. This video clip is a sample from Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture: Vegetables, one program in a six-part series that profiles the impressive strides many farmers have made in lowering the use of chemicals and creating healthier food, a safer environment, and greater profits. Produced in association with Rodale Institute. For more information, visit www.rooymedia.com

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How can the agriculture industry (producers, processors, etc.) reach out to the public to gain their support on important issues impacting agriculture?
•Environmental Preservation
•Animal Welfare
•Food Safety
•Energy Production

Education is key in getting consumers to understand what the issues are even about. Getting agriculture issues involved more in schools, talking about the issues through the media, and getting the nonsense that PETA and similar groups put into the consumer heads straightened out are some of the biggest factors. Consumers are extremely uneducated about a lot of ag issues, take for instance pesticides found on produce at the grocery store. The amount of pesticide that would have to be on the produce is A LOT to even make a person sick. Hormones given to dairy cattle- no tests have shown that they can lead to birth defects or cause cancer in humans. Information is taken and twisted so badly that consumers don’t even know what to believe.

Education and correct information given is the number one issue to consider when trying to get consumers to support ag issues.

How is agriculture in the South different from the agriculture in the Northeast?

In the South, a wider variety of crops can be grown due to the type of climate we have. Because of the longer growing season and warmer climate, some crops that can be grown in the North, can also be grown in the South- like corn or hay or wheat, etc.

Also, with the growing season/s being longer, like the other person said- in the South, two crops can be grown usually, while in the North, only one b/c of the harsh winters.

and also how does agriculture lead to sedentary societies?
and/or
how does agriculture lead to specialization of labor?

This sounds like a question for the anthropology section.

Sustainable agriculture strives to produce food in a way that maintains the health of the land, protects the people who work it, and benefits those who enjoy its abundance.

This program provides an inside look at an organic farm and an organic retail store and discusses the day-to-day challenges and rewards of working in this field. Organic farming includes a wide range of jobs in production, marketing and distribution.

Organic farming is a very competitive business, but for people with an interest in growing food, plus muscle power and brains, it can be a rewarding career. Many people in this industry grew up on farms, but there are also opportunities to start at an entry level and learn the business. It is by definition local, so there are opportunities anywhere, in both rural and urban settings. 22 minutes, color.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Farm Manager, Retail Sales Manager, Organic Produce Buyer.

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

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A simple idea led two women into a thriving new farming enterprise. Build backyard mini-farms for homeowners who want to start growing their own fresh herbs and vegetables lasting throughout most of the year. Recipes from this episode: Kale Philo Bake and Crookneck Squash and Tomato Slices. Links to these recipes are below.

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For the Kale Philo Bake recipe:

http://cookingupastory.com/recipes/kale-philo-bake/

For Crookneck Squash and Tomato Slices recipe: http://cookingupastory.com/recipes/crookneck-squash-and-tomato-slices/

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I have to write an essay about the negative effects of animal agriculture but I have to be specific (geographically).
What state has the largest animal agriculture in the US?

More details about the topic would be great too!
Thank you.
Category
Science & Mathematics > Agriculture

It depends on the type of animal.

According to the Cattle Network, the state with the most cattle ranches is Texas, which has over twice as many head of cattle as number 2- Kansas.

The states which kill the most pigs are Iowa and North Carolina.
North Carolina, Minnesota and California kill the most turkeys.
Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia kill the most chickens.