https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1 The brief history of the world of agriculture. en-us 2023-09-29 13:49:25 UTC 2025-09-26 13:47:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/2034596667/3a858d79a652855fabcf2a7baeba4bf3/drawing.png schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727630837 Originally humans were nomads traveling around looking for food and stable resources. they ate things like meat and dairy products. This gave them a lot of protein and fats to supply their bodies with.]]> 2023-10-01 18:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727630837 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727643316 Major developments and discoveries were made in agriculture. This Included the finding of new uses for soybeans, peanuts and sweet potatoes by scientist George Carver of the Tuskegee Institute. ]]> 2023-10-01 19:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727643316 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727655491 In the early 1900s steam powered tractors became very popular the USA. About 5,000 had been manufactured in the United States by 30 different companies that were striving to make a ton of money. But there were still many animal powered ones until the 1930’s when they became machine operated.]]> 2023-10-01 19:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727655491 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727661881 A Genetically Modified Organism also known as a GMO is an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. For many many of years, humans have used breeding methods to modify organisms.]]> 2023-10-01 19:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727661881 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727661985 Soon we had transitioned from nomads to farmers. Along with farming had caused agricultural booms. Mainly in the beginning we had cultivated cereal crops such as wheat and barley. Soon learning to plant other plants such as rice and corn. With these new crops their diets had more starches and less protein. ]]> 2023-10-01 19:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727661985 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727662127 Even though Steam powered tractors were really really popular  throughout the beginning of the 1900's tractors with internal engines fueled by gasoline were being developed and creating a lot of joy and excitement within the farming community. ]]> 2023-10-01 19:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727662127 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727663403 In 1982 FDA approves the first consumer GMO product developed through genetic engineering: human insulin to treat diabetes. In 1992 is when FDA policy states that foods from GMO plants must meet the same requirements, including the same safety standards, as foods derived from traditionally bred plants.

]]> 2023-10-01 19:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727663403 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727664060 Henry Ford produced his company's first gasoline powered “automobile plow” in 1907. Gasoline powered tractors grew in popularity after they became smaller and more affordable.]]> 2023-10-01 19:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727664060 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727664649 The first wave of GMO produce created through genetic engineering becomes available to various different fruits and vegetables like summer squash, papayas, tomatoes, soybean, corn and canola oil. Not all are still available for sale.]]> 2023-10-01 19:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727664649 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727672718 These crops also caused the nomadic people to settle and create civilizations. With now developed civilizations. They needed to modify their technics to cultivate the plants. They learned to build grinding stones for processing grain. ]]> 2023-10-01 19:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727672718 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727673145 A major addition to early 19th-century farming was the development of horse drawn equipment. While oxen and mules were still plowing fields and pulling wagons, many farmers began to use strong horses for these and other difficult jobs. ]]> 2023-10-01 19:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727673145 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727675868 Strong and large horses used for farming weighed an average of 1800 pounds and were bred specifically for farm labor, logging and other really heavy jobs. But the Industrial Revolution brought machinery that utilized horses for planting corn, cutting hay, binding oats, cultivating land and bringing in crops.]]> 2023-10-01 19:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727675868 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727676771 In china they used the farming method of rice paddy fields, discovered in eastern China. it was revealed evidence of ancient cultivation techniques to help with flood and fire control.]]> 2023-10-01 19:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2727676771 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2728599360 Mexico had squash cultivation around 10,000 years ago, but corn/maize had to wait for natural genetic mutations to be selected for its wild ancestor, teosinte. ]]> 2023-10-02 13:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2728599360 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2728621241 The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations develop international guidelines and standards to determine the safety of GMO foods.

]]> 2023-10-02 13:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2728621241 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2730298674  In 2016 congress passes a law that requires company's to start labeling for some foods produced through genetic engineering and uses the term “bioengineered,” which will start to appear on some foods. So now people will see all the chemicals and GMO's in their foods and drinks.]]> 2023-10-03 13:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2730298674 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731035470 Many farming tools in the 1800’s were very simple, hand held and crafted from iron. Working with them was often slow and injuries were common. In the beginning of the 1900’s farmers were still using hammers, saws, hoes, rakes, shovels, sickles and other hand held instruments. ]]> 2023-10-03 23:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731035470 nlucas25 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731036169 The quality of these tools had been improved because of the growth of the steel industry. The United States was the largest producer of steel by 1900, mass producing harder hammer and shovel heads, sturdier saw blades and other sharp instruments that cut through dense bushes and thick roots.]]> 2023-10-03 23:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731036169 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731106167 The earliest records of this beginning in the fertile crescent, were supported by Jared Diamonds theory that their geological location and luck were their agricultural development in the crescent.]]> 2023-10-04 00:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731106167 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731133107 The process of domestication began when people chose a wild plant that would be eaten or made clothing, harvested their seeds, and planted them. ]]> 2023-10-04 01:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731133107 schou8_2 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731135970 Farming starting from, believed to be, the fertile crescent. Farmers were spreading around the world by slow migration of farmers. The farmers were believed to be searching for better land to produce crops from. The settling of farmers on new land led to hunter-gatherers being absorbed into the farming community. Later more and more people had learned to make man made tools in the 1800...]]> 2023-10-04 01:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2731135970 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2733969664 Genetically modified organism (GMO) apples are available for sale in the U.S.. The FDA finishes their consultation on first food from a genome edited plant.

]]> 2023-10-05 13:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2733969664 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2733975056 In 2020 the GMO pink pineapple is available to U.S. and to the consumers it's all the rave. Some people try to pass it off as natural but as you can tell it's not, it's pink. In stores they are sold without the stems so people can't try to grow them at home.]]> 2023-10-05 13:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2733975056 mdicarlo6 https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2733989403 The global Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) testing market noticed a very big growth and expanding from $2.09 billion in 2022 and to now, $2.32 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate of 10.9%.]]> 2023-10-05 13:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/schou8_2/9unph7yg00awoiw1/wish/2733989403