Agriculture
The science of food, feed, and fiber production.
What is Agriculture?
The culture of plants for food, comfort, and beauty.
Are government laws that deal with agriculture.
What is Agricultural Policy?
Is caring for plants that become food.
What is fiber? And what does it make?
Cotton which makes clothes.
Is all of the activities needed to supply food, clothing, and shelter to people for their use.
What is Agricultural Industry?
Is the growing of plants for their beauty.
What is Ornamental Horticulture?
Allowed citizens to acquire land for virtually nothing.
Growing crops for us to eat or for livestock to eat.
Who was the President in 1862 that had a huge impact on Agriculture?
Abraham Lincoln
Is all of the non farm work in the agriculture industry.
What is Agribusiness?
Is the production and use of plants to make the outdoor environment more appealing.
What is Landscape Horticulture?
Established a system of land-grant schools to teach agriculture and related areas.
What is the Morrill Act?
When was the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) established?
1862
What are two parts of Agriculture that we talked about?
Is the production, transportation, and use of plants including flowers.
What is floriculture?
Purpose was to reduce trade restrictions.
What is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
What you put into a business.
What are inputs?
21 million
What does Agriculture provide us with?
Food, clothing, and shelter.
Strong and stable country.
Jobs
Trade to other countries.
Supports other industries.
Is the growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegetables.
What is olericulture?
What is North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA)?
Is the growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing of fruits and nuts.
What is pomology?
Is the use of plants to create pleasing and comfortable areas inside.
What is interiorscaping?