With climate change and other factors looming, the technology farmers and agricultural workers employ to harvest crops and raise livestock is ever more important to ensuring the world's food supply can sustain us.
"With climate change and other factors looming, the technology farmers and agricultural workers employ to harvest crops and raise livestock is ever more important to ensuring the world's food supply can sustain us. This . . . volume explores the various cutting-edge technologies and techniques deployed in the twenty-first century, and how workers must adapt to working with them"--Provided by publisher.
People farmed sustainably since the last Ice Age with fire and fish traps, and more recently, agriculture has evolved to produce more for a growing worldwide population.
pollution, corruption, and the control of the world's food supply
Robin, Marie-Monique
Journalist and filmmaker Marie Monique Robin offers her findings after a three-year international journey and investigation of the business practices of the agribusiness corporation Monsanto, arguing that Monsanto's new "green" practices are no less harmful than PCB and Agent Orange was in the past.
"Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. Just about every part of our lives is touched by one or more of those fields. In this book, check out many stories from the world of Agriculture"--Amazon.com.
"Describes new technologies used in food production such as gene technology, farming technology and robots, nanotech, packaging, and discusses the implications of using these technologies"--Provided by publisher.
Learn about the many different places crops can be grown; on trees, in fields, underground and under water. Visit a strawberry farm and almond orchard to see how those foods are grown and harvested. Learn how soil and water are important for growing crops and what equipment is used.
Visit different kinds of farms from dairy to sheep raising. Contrast modern and traditional ways of milking cows and collecting eggs. See how cotton is grown and spun, how timber is milled, and how agriculture is necessary to our lives.
