There are many definitions for agriculture. From my perspective I see a very distinct difference between the definition of a farmer and that of a consumer. Often times, in a consumers mind agriculture is a dirty word. It’s associated with factory farming, “dangerous” pesticides and “big ag”.
As a member of the farming community agriculture means so much more to me. Agriculture is an inclusive term rather than exclusive. Agriculture is a term that touches every part of farming from sales to production of crops. It includes organic, conventional and everything in between. It touches livestock and crops. It covers food, fiber and “farmaseudicals”.
To me, it can’t be described by a bunch of words. It’s a passion and excitement that I feel everyday in my line of work. A dictionary could never do justice to real agriculture. It can only be defined by speaking with a farmer and having him or her show you why they do what they do.
Agriculture is the lifeblood of America. It encompasses so much more than what people think. Very interesting comments.
Thank you so much for the read and commenting! It’s wonderful to see that your university still has an agriculture program.
For my internship this summer, I had to “define” agriculture as the theme for the annual report I was doing was “I Define Agriculture”. It’s hard to pinpoint an exact definition and it means something different for everybody but one common thing seems to be passion.
I completely agree. As vastly different as everyone’s techniques are, we share one common thread; the passion.
interesting article .. I enjoyed reading this article because it relates to my study of agriculture
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Thank you so much for the read! I’m glad you enjoyed it and I have enjoyed your blog as well. You have many interesting topics on it.
Brilliantly and succinctly said!
Thank you so much April. I really appreciate it.