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AG OUTLINE
4.1 and 4.2
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Agriculture
10th Grade
11/17/2008

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Ag and society

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the time, soil erosion and water quality deterioration continued at serious levels. The stress on farm families during that time, and the resultant impacts on their communities, was significant. These events forced many to understand that all three legs must be addressed if agriculture is to be more sustainable.
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food and fiber system
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its production and the 1st process is the production of fruits, vegetables,grains,livestock or clothing fiber

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food production
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its the type of farming operation the number pf acres farmed is fairly small members of a family workland. You are only considered a farmer if you gross 250,000 dollars a year. There were only2 million farms in the year of 200.
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green revolution
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it is modern farming method thatuses scientifically produced varieties of grain(rice wheat corn) and fertilizes pesticides and water to increase crop yields
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industrialized county
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farm to market
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that is it transforms the raw foodstalk from the farm into the food that you consume
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subsistence farming
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