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Understanding the Vital Role of Agriculture Today

Learn about the significance of agriculture in supplying essential needs, creating jobs, sustaining economies, and improving quality of life in the modern world.

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Understanding the Vital Role of Agriculture Today

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  1. Objective SWBAT: Understand the importance of agriculture in the world today.

  2. Warm Up 1. What percentage of your grade is FFA Worth? 2. Why do you think agriculture is important?

  3. Importance of Agriculture Intro to Ag Mr. Porter

  4. The Modern Agriculture Industry I. The AgricultureIndustryis all of the activities needed to supply food, clothing, and shelter to people for their use. The agriculture industry includes both activities not carried out on farms and those that do not occur on farms.

  5. What is Agriculture? • Agricultureis the growing of crops and raising of animals to meet the needs of people. However, it is not limited to just farming. It also includes areas like soil conservation, controlling pests, and machinery usage.

  6. Benefits of Agriculture • The basic human needs for food, clothing, and shelter are met. People who have their basic needs met are happier and feel better about their country and themselves.

  7. Benefits of Agriculture 2. A good agriculture industry leads to a strong and stable country. 3. Jobs are created by the agriculture industry. About 21 million people are employed in the agriculture industry. This is 20% of the entire American workforce.

  8. Benefits of Agriculture 4. The agriculture industry provides the United States with products to trade with other countries. This allows our country to keep our foreign trade in balance. 5. The agriculture industry supports other industries. Agricultural products and services are used in making non-agricultural products. This creates jobs in other sectors of the economy.

  9. Quality of Life • Americans spend 11% of their total income on food • People spend 70% in some other countries • Agriculture allows Americans to spend more money on clothing, shelter, and entertainment

  10. What Role Does Agriculture Play In Basic Human Nutrition? • Today, one American farmer feeds over 155 people • Consumers have a year-round, wide variety of inexpensive, quality foods to choose from • We don’t always make nutritious choices

  11. What is the Ag Industry? • Involves all activities involved with providing people with food, clothing, and shelter • Includes farm operations, and nonfarm operations • Largest industry in America

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