Movement of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas among Africa, Europe, and the Americas across the Atlantic. Self-sufficient agriculture that is small scale and low technology and emphasizes food production for local consumption, not for trade.Īgricultural practice based on clearing and farming land for a time before moving on to a new parcel and allowing the first to fill in with native vegetation.ĭependence on production of a single agricultural commodity.Ī cluster of advances in breeding livestock, agricultural technology, and seed production to increase food, feed, and livestock production that took place in Europe in the 1700s and 1800s.
Region in Mesopotamia and Anatolia where agriculture began. The transformation of societies from hunting and gathering to purposeful raising of food, feed, and fiber. Purposefully growing crops and raising livestock to produce food (for humans), feed (for livestock), and fiber (for textiles). Area or place where an idea, innovation, or technology originates.
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