Tobacco was the sole crop of most plantations. However, tobacco cultivation was essentially gone from DC after 1850. The only tobacco that came out of DC after 1850 was being produced by Levi Sheriff who had plantations along the Anacostia River. In 1850, Sheriff reported 7,000 pounds of tob...
In 1850 average annual production per cow was 57 kg. The dramatic change was the commitment by the United States government beginning in 1862 with the creation of Land Grant Colleges and Universities. Their mission was teaching, research and, transfer of research findings to producers. Annual ...
The diversity of agriculture in the world reflects the immense variety of societies and natural environments on the planet. Indeed, agricultural systems range from various types of shifting slash-and-burn practices – sometimes very similar to those of the first sedentary human groups – to quasi-...
“Canada and the United States shall recognize Tequila and Mezcal as distinctive products of Mexico. Accordingly, Canada and the United States shall not permit the sale of any product as Tequila or Mezcal, unless it has been manufactured in Mexico in accordance with the laws and regulations of ...
Global climate change has generated an increasing number of environmental problems, especially in Mediterranean coastal areas, such as the Po Delta (PD), where shellfish production has undergone an overall decline because of strong environmental changes.
Farm enlargements is a term that came up time and time again in the 600-page book distributed to farmers by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1958. It came about because of economics applied, simply and succinctly. The discussion of land and young farmers coming of age in the...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food. O Departamento d'Agricultura d'os Estatos Unitos (en anglés: Depa...
In that book, Schprintzen identifies the Philadelphia Bible Christians as the progenitors of a proto-vegetarian movement in the United States. I reached out to Dr. Schprintzen and he eagerly answered my questions about the Bible Christians and their connection to the Swedenborgian movement. When...
Responses of forest ecosystems to nitrogen deposition in the United Kingdom 4.1Response of tree growth to nitrogen deposition Small scale gradient studies have produced evidence for positive effect of N inputs ontree growthin the UK. A study evaluating the impact ofpig, chicken anddairy farming, ...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2017) Aquaculture in the United States. NOAA Fisheries. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/aquaculture_in_us.html Navarro E, Iglesias JIP, Pérez-Camacho A, Labarta U, Beiras R (1991) The physiological energetics of mussels (Mytilus galloprovinci...