PLNT 1213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fertile Crescent, Agronomy, Dust Bowl
4 Jun 2017
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The science and technology of producing and using plants for food, feed, fiber, fuel, and land reclamation. Cities where being built people were settling down and they needed a food source. Civilizations were destroyed because of over salting the water. Set up in ok because of dust bowl. A system which strives o view agriculture as an entire system, where you manage natural resources instead of purchasing and applying inputs. Originally used with the chincha islands off coast of peru. Large amounts of bird poop rich in nitrogen was harvested and shipped. During the time of the dust bowl. Two men, fritz haber and carl bosch, researched new ways. Us is food secure as a nation. We know where our food is coming from. Exists when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life . Includes monetary and physical ability to have food.
