AGRO 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stone Age, Deciduous, Vicia
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Agriculture: the science or practice of farming including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. Agronomy: the science of soil management and crop production. Such as: large scale production, lower value crops on a per acre basis, machine harvested. The science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. Small scale production, high value crops on a per acre basis (strawberry farm) Things planted just to be beautiful (no practical purpose) Farming began during the neolithic period (new stone age) The period of human culture that began around 10,000-14,000 years ago in the middle east and later in other parts of the world. Before this, mostly nomads and hunters > farmers. Pottery beginning means they first started storing products. The fertile crescent of mesopotamia (modern-day jordan, syria, saudi arabia) Tigris and euphrates river needed for crops and animals.
