A G R I C U L T U R E

"History celebrates the battlefields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the plowed fields whereby we thrive; it knows the names of the kings' bastards but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. That is the way of human folly."
- Henri Fabre

Sections:
1. Why did agriculture develop?
2. What are some of the most important crops?
3. What spurred early food development?
4. What is crop rotation?
5. What is hybridization?
6. What is domestication and how has it impacted production?
7. How does this impact the meat market?
8. Conclusion and references
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Learning activities: discuss agriculture