Agriculture and Farming 

Agriculture and farming are the process by which we choose specific crops from roots,  fruits, and vegetables to grow and harvest for food.  Agriculture is the industrial side and relates more to larger enterprises of farming. Farming can be local, regional, and industrial. And there are several different facets of farming that many farmers choose to focus on. A lot goes into farming from cultivating soil to planting seeds, maintaining the crop, cleaning the crop from parasites and other plant insects, and harvesting the crops. At one point, there seemed to be value in growing crops in large amounts and we thought there were more benefits to having an overabundance of food, however today, we are now seeing that large-scale farming could have negative consequences and yielding ramifications due to its practices, including the growing use of genetically modified organisms. Let's look deep into the farming process and see where there are good and where there are bad elements within our agricultural systems and how we carm our food today to see what the most beneficial means of growing quality food and keeping it abundant. 

Agriculture and Farming Topics 

Topics in agriculture will span anything surrounding plants we grow to eat today, from lab-grown to organic and all in-between. 

Here are a few of the topics we will discuss:

• Horticulture 
• Herbiculture 
• Genetic Modified Organisms (GMO)
• Gene Editing 
• Organic, Natural, or Pesticides 
• Nematology
• Agronomic Farming
• Permaculture Design 
• Homestead Design  
• Regenerative Farming 
• Hemp Farming
• Farming machinery  
• Plant Parasites 

My Thoughts and Story on Agriculture and Farming

When I was young my grandpa would plant seeds by the winter in the basement and have them sprouts ready for the spring. Us. Grandpa would have us over to help put in the garden every year. When my parents moved us into our new home with a yard big enough to grow a nice garden, I helped my dad plant the garden every year. My biggest takeaway from this was as the years went on, I noticed a dramatic difference between the tomatoes we grew at home and the tomatoes we bought from the store. The taste was significantly different and the tomatoes from the store were terrible with little to no flavor. As I got older and began to learn about genetically modified foods and different types of processing of foods, I quickly was intrigued as I always had a bad taste in my mouth about the flavor of our homegrown vegetables and the store-bought vegetables. Why were they so much worse? I then found friends who were into farming and also did some volunteering on farms to learn more about the process. Today, I can't say I'm a farmer or an expert in farming, however, I can say I know a lot in this field and will keep researching and publishing to learn and more deeply understand the farming process. 

The reason is, that after everything I've learned, large-scale industrial farming isn't inherently bad, however, isn't good the way we do it today either. Can there be an efficient and better way? yes, we know there are different systems now called permaculture design that could make large-scale farming sustainable. The process of farming is very difficult and labor-intensive. The job isn't easy and the cleanup is even harder. To make this process more sustainable, it could require more attention to things we don't want to do. On the flip side of the coin, if we don't do those harder jobs right and continue down this path, we could very easily make life much harder with more illness and disease than ever before. This is why I will write, teach, and help build more local and sustainable farms for us to grow quality organic crops in abundance. 

thank you for reading this forum and sharing my research, I hope you gain value and can take and use the knowledge to implement new systems in your local area.