AGRICULTURE AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

FACT #1

• Agriculture provides us with food
• Getting the easy one out of the way, agriculture creates food for us, such as corn, beans, meats certain fruits and much, much more.

FACT #2

• Agriculture provides us with animals to farm and use.
• Without agriculture, the majority of us would not have access to meats, such as beef, steak, pork and sausage

FACT #3

• Agriculture allows us to shape the land to our liking
• With farming, we can basically shape the land the way we want, allowing us to grow crops and alter the environment.

FACT #4

• Agriculture allows us to change food to provide for our needs
• Through methods used in agriculture such as genetic engineering, we can change other foods to provide for us, such as corn.

FACT #5

• Agriculture provides job opportunities for people
• With agriculture, some people can do it for a living, allowing them to make money and provide for their community at the same time.

FACT #6

• The first gasoline powered tractor was invented in 1892 by John Froelich.

FACT #7

• Corn originally never had a cob, however, over hundreds of years, we altered the corn's genetics to be on a cob to provide more corn

FACT #8

• Tomatoes are not really counted as a vegetable, due to having seeds and having juice.

FACT #9

• Pork is the most widely eaten type of meat worldwide.

FACT #10

• The heaviest turkey ever recorded weighed 86 pounds.

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