AGR 203: Seeds of Time by Cheyenne Matthews https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy Do Americans Appreciate the Seeds that Bring Them Life? en-us 2018-07-24 23:33:14 UTC 2025-09-29 21:25:27 UTC hello@padlet.com I really value those individuals and know how smart they have to be to be good farmers. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028020 I found this quote to be important because farmers are people to be valued and I think most Americans, unless they are from farming families, or farming towns, do not really understand the intelligence and tradition within farming families, and farmers in general. It is important to know where your food comes from, and to remember that the farmers who grow our food, know the science behind it. They know the biology of the seeds that they plant further than any average person would. Acknowledging that, is a crucial step in educating yourself and others on the value of American farmers. ]]> 2018-07-24 23:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028020 Its an artificial system, so what we have to do as humans is manage that system in as an ecologic way as possible. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028169 I found this quote important because I think most Americans do not realize that our style of farming is not the norm throughout the world. We farm large pieces of land with one crop, and farming in its origins, was patches of land with many different crops, planted for single family use. The way we farm in the present is a system of surplus farming, grow as much as you can, on as much land as possible, to feed as many people as possible. Its a grocery store world here in America, and our surplus farming has made it that way. ]]> 2018-07-24 23:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028169 Most of us take seeds for granted, we take agriculture for granted. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028352 I chose this quote because it makes a very good point about the ignorance of our society. We all know that seeds are responsible for the food we eat, and for the plants that are literally all over this planet. Yet we do not appreciate the science behind seeds, much less take the time to educate ourselves on the subject. Without seeds there is no farming. Without farming there is no food. I think there is something to be said for the value of genetically modified organisms as well. Battling the stigma of GMO's is a huge part of agriculture, since they were created to aid farmers in supplying the ever-growing demands of the american population. ]]> 2018-07-24 23:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028352 The biological foundation for agriculture is the diversity that exists within each of the different crops. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028480 I chose this quote because it speaks for the reasoning of documentary as a whole. The biology behind the plants we grow, eat and love. Do we as a nation put any real thought to these things? I do not believe so. For example, most families have sweet corn on the table in the summer time, yet do any of us know the difference between the corn grown in fields all across american and sweet corn? Probably not. The biology of the corn grown in most fields in the Midwest, is wholly different than that of sweet corn. Yet we people of America would never think to ask if there was a difference in the first place. ]]> 2018-07-24 23:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271028480 If I had a wish for the future it would be that we have less politics, less pure politics and we would have more pure science and vision. cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271029634 I found this quote important because it speaks on a valuable issue within the issue. Politics often times muddies up the water of an issue, and almost always halts progress. There are always going to debates over an issue, but the science is being left behind for those opinions. If a crop, or seed, or plant can be improved by science, and it is proven not to be harmful to humans, and animals then, there is no need for politics to get in the way. Especially since politics is the reason our food is mass produced in this country. ]]> 2018-07-25 00:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271029634 Works Cited cheyennematthews89 https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271223367 2018-07-26 19:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cheyennematthews89/i56q3bkjixhy/wish/271223367