Types of Agriculture

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Types of Agriculture
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Large Scale Agriculture

• Also called Industrial Agriculture.
• Very few farmers
• Very large farms
• Produce a lot of food
• Normally owned by corporations

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Small Scale Agriculture

• Small family owned farms
• Usually produce a variety of crops and animals
• Does not produce huge amounts.

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Some similarities

• Food is generally nutritionally similar.
• Same quality standards
• Food is about the same price
• Regulated by the same agency
• Both are subsidized (govt supported)
• Need the same things to grow crops/raise animals.
• Same goal to feed the people of the world

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Differences- Number of different crops and
animals on one farm

• Small scale- many different kinds on one farm
• Large scale-focus on one crop or animal
  (monoculture)

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Differences-Amount of pesticide used

• Large scale use a lot of pesticide because they
  use it for prevention and as a first line of
  defense
• Small Scale agriculture usually use integrated
  pest management-try to use organic farming
  methods but if they get a bad infestation, they
  will use some pesticide.
• Note-there are industrial farms that are organic
  and some small farms that use a lot of pesticide.

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Differences-Bioengineering used

• Small Scale-a small amount of bioengineering
  used-seeds that are pesticide resistant etc.
• Large scale- almost everything produced is
  bioengineered.

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Differences-Amount of our food produced

• Guesses??

lt10 is small scale gt90 is large scale
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Differences-Type of fertilizer used

• Small Scale

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Differences-Fertilizer

• Large scale chemical fertilizer

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Differences-How many people it takes to produce
the same amount of food

• Small Scale A lot 27 acres/person
• Large Scale less 740 acres /person

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Differences-Where you can buy it

• Small Scale farmers markets, at the farm, some
  grocery stores
• Large Scale grocery stores, target, Wal Mart,
  CVS, dollar store, restaurants.

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Differences-Appearance of fruits and veggies.

• Large scale agriculture fruits and veggies
  usually look better

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notes

• Small scale farms still use equipment