Questions about the history of food
- When did agriculture begin? How did it change human civilizations?
It began about 11,000 BC. It yielded way more food than the old system and also brought in more calories. The populations of towns grew massively for the time, because people had to stay with their crop. - Between 1650 and 1850, something happened to the world’s population: what was it? What enabled this to happen, according to the article?
The human population more than doubled from 550 million to 1.2 billion. Improved nutrition from the crops is what many believe contributed to this growth. - Briefly describe industrialization and mechanization in the U.S. agricultural system in the early 1900s.
Basically Americans needed an easier way to farm with the growing demand of food in the U.S. This movement was a way to make farming not only more efficient but also to yield more food as a result. - What did agricultural industry concentration do to the industry?
It made it so a small amount of corporations could control the sales and distribution of the products.