the industrial revolution: the access to trains and steamboats that allows farmers to ship their products farther at a lower cost and has a large role in determining which areas of the goose transitioned into commercial agriculture economies
Aquaculture
the cultivation of aquatic organisms (as fish or shellfish) especially for food
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
organisms that have had their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes, such as disease resistance, increased productivity, or nutritional value allowing growers greater control, predictability, and efficiency
Agricultural Production in the United States
mostly agribusiness and commercial farms instead of local/smaller scaled farms
Feedlots
places where there is a concentrated raising of livestock in a small geographic space where they are fed hormones and other fattening grains to prepare them for slaughter at a much more rapid pace and in a much smaller space/ ex: factory farms
Luxury Crops
specialized crops not typically essential to human survival
Von Thünen Model Assumptions
higher demand in the center lesser demand further from urban centers
Primary Economic Activities Besides Agriculture
food processing, packaging, storing, distributing, and retailing
Biotechnology
any technique used to modify living organisms in such a way that they improve plans and animal species and, in turn, plants and animal production/ to make or modify plants and animals or to develop other microorganisms for specific purposes
Forestry
the art, science, and practice of studing and managing forests and plantations and related natural resources
