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5A I Origins and Key Differences in Modern Agriculture Flashcards

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Agriculture

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Modifying the Earth through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

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Crop

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Any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season

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Agriculture Revolution

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The time when humans first domesticated plants and animals

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Subsistence Agriculture

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Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer’s family

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Commercial Agriculture

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Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm

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Agribusiness

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Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations

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