farming

When The Agricultural Age was at its peak, farming changed the way societies and civilizations were created. It was the main reason humans went from being hunter-gatherers to organizing themselves into tribes and communities throughout the world.

When farmers became capable of producing food beyond the needs of their own families, others in their society were free to devote themselves to projects other than food acquisition. This was huge. It opened a whole range of interests and leisure activities that were heretofore unknown to man. Agriculture was a huge step forward for civilizations and societies as a whole.

Since then, The Agricultural Age has taken a bow on the world stage and largely given way to The Industrial Age; but farming still employs almost a third of the world’s workers in some form or another. The service sector just recently overtook farming as the largest employer of workers in the world.

Thomas Malthus once predicted that the Earth would not be able to support its growing population. But technologies such as the Green Revolution (pellet mills, pesticides, synthetic nitrogen, etc.) have allowed the world to produce a surplus of food.

Bloggers speaking about farming can be found at sites like tinyfarmblog and pickyourown.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “farming”

• Will Vertical Farming Prevent A Food Crisis?

  
  prudent investor newsletters — Authority: 134
  I chanced upon an article about growing food in buildings which piqued my interest. Its called vertical farming. The following are the illustrated conceptual framework of vertical farming.... Now this article from CBC Canada , ``Is it an elegant solution to pressing problems related to the food ...
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• Laurence Olins on blueberries becoming a bumper British crop

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Laurence Olins, chairman of British Summer Fruits, on blueberries becoming a bumper British crop Jon Dennis
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• Attacking the Messenger: Big Ag’s Attempt to Misdirect Attention from Its Own Problems

  
  Civil Eats — Authority: 597
  Reading agribusiness officials’ responses to undercover exposés documenting egregious acts of cruelty to farm animals can be truly mind-boggling. I’ve written about this before, and feel compelled to follow up with a couple more recent sordid examples. When faced with gruesome images of mistreatment of ...
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• Lamb drop up

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  The national lamb flock increased  6.2% this spring   Meat and Wool NZ’s tailing survey shows. A total of 28.95 million lambs were tailed this year, 1.7 million more than last spring when numbers reached a 51 year low. North Island lamb numbers were up 9.1 per cent (1.1 million head) to 13.15 million head. ...
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• Sandor Katz: The Self-Taught Wild Fermentation Experimentalist (Interview)

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 719
  Author and fermentation wiz Sandor Katz. Image courtesy of Chelsea Green Publishing. Makenna Goodman is Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, the publisher of Wild Fermentation, by Sandor Katz, whom she interviewed for this guest post. She is also a guest blogger at Planet Green . The day I ...
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• Talking Turkey and the Sanctimony of American Slaughter

  
  Animal Blawg — Authority: 126
  Christine Saenz It’s that time of year again. A time when 45 million turkeys are slaughtered, stuffed, and feasted upon for Thanksgiving dinners across the U.S. According to PETA and other sources , this 45 million makes up 1/6 of the number of turkeys killed each year in America. While many animal rights ...
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• Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
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• And The Rains Came

  
  Newscoma — Authority: 534
  This is tragic. I was talking to my friend, The Engineer and to another buddy who runs a mill about this very thing this past week. The rains have taken a very heavy load this year on America’s southern farmers. But just as the harvest began in September, it began to rain, and it kept raining through October, ...
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• UK Scotch Whisky Regulations Coming Into Force Today

  
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• Bumper crop of British blueberries sees sales soar

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Sales triple in one year after frost-free spring and almost perfect growing conditions Sales of blueberries have tripled in the UK this year, buoyed by perfect growing conditions for British farmers. The 305% increase shows blueberries are now a major challenge to raspberries as Britains second favourite berry, after ...
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• Wisconsin Farmers Wish They Had More Organic Turkeys

  
  OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog — Authority: 475
  Since people are pinching pennies like never before, you’d assume they’d bail on the organic turkey. Organic turkeys don’t come cheap! In Wisconsin, a 16 pound organic, free-range bird can cost you around 70 bucks. Sounds like a lot, considering the kiddie table never finishes their food, Uncle Bob only eats ...
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• No More Roofs for Ontario Organic Turkeys

  
  OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog — Authority: 475
  In Ontario, there was a simple rule. If you are raising a flock of turkeys, numbering 50 or more, they must be kept under a roof. Why? It protects them from contact with wild birds, and maybe catching avian flu. But local organic turkey farmers fought the mandate, saying the birds must to be outdoors in order to ...
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• Thank a Farmer Song

  
  Corn Commentary — Authority: 130
  This is a funny video with a great Thanksgiving message for corn farmers if you overlook the fact that it mixes up corn the vegetable with corn the grain. It was written and performed by Brett Slater and has been viewed over 32,000 times since it was posted in January 2008.
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• Volunteer for Fundapele Conservation Center in Nicaragua

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 153
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• Sunday in the park

  
  Auckland Daily Photo — Authority: 129
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• A Note On Sacredness & Nobility

  
  Fumbling Toward Divinity — Authority: 121
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• World of Warcraft Gold Farming 1000 Gold in 45 Minutes

  
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• Ecological Agriculture: can it feed the world?

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 140
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• World of Warcraft – Wailing Caverns Deviate Raptor Farming! Make 1500+ gold PER hour!? Cataclysm!

  
  chocobaby.luv.ph — Authority: 164
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• KuroiTV 1.2 – Banking Over 2,000 Gold in Just 7 Days – World of Warcraft

  
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  This is part 2 of my video series on how to make over 2000 gold in just 7 days in World of Warcraft. 100% Legitimate, 100% Real, No guides to buy, Nothing to download, Nothing to sign up for. See how easy it can be. Part 2 shows the rest of my path from level 1 alt to rich in just 1 week. Check out KuroiTV episode 1.1 ...
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