Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
ACRES USED FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007
One dot represents 250 acres
The United States total is 2,577,418
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Modified after publication 07-M097 U.S. Department of Agriculture,
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Figure 11.2
Acres of land certifi ed for organic agricultural production in the United States, 2007.
Courtesy of:
United States Census of Agriculture, 2007.
In this chapter, we examine the origins of agriculture and trace the geography of
changes in the production of food and the raising of livestock from the earliest domes-
tication of plants to such contemporary developments as genetic modifi cation and
the turn toward large-scale agribusiness. In the process, we describe the early hearths
of agriculture, the geography of technological changes in agriculture, the global
pattern of agricultural production, and the imprint of agriculture on the cultural
landscape.
Key Questions
For Chapter 11
1.
What is agriculture, and where did agriculture begin?
2.
How did agriculture change with industrialization?
3.
What imprint does agriculture make on the cultural landscape?
4.
How is agriculture currently organized geographically, and how has
agribusiness infl uenced the contemporary geography of agriculture?
