Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 3: Economic Development: Agricultural Systems
This learning module looks at features and types of agricultural systems, including large scale commercial farming, small scale subsistence farming, causes and effects of food shortages, and how food aid is distributed during a famine....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Farming Planted Seeds for the Internet
What does farming have to do with invention and innovation? Patricia Russac explores how farming was a major innovation leading to the civilization we know today. [3:59]
Archives of Ontario
The Archives of Ontario Celebrates Our Agricultural Past
The province of Ontario has a rich agricultural heritage. This virtual exhibit celebrates farming in the province. Explore everything from settling the land and the building of communities around farming. Get a snapshot of farming life...
Other
Future Agricultures Consortium
An Africa-based alliance of research organizations seeking to provide timely, high-quality and independent information and advice to improve agricultural policy and practice in Africa.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Agricultural Inspector
We all expect that the food we eat is safe. Agricultural inspectors are the ones who check food processors, farms, and businesses to assure that they are following the governmental regulations that protect our food safety. This Science...
Other
Successful Farming: Agriculture Online
From Successful Farming magazine, this site presents agriculture news and features for people who are professionals and those studying agriculture. Links to valuable, up-to-date information on topics such as crop news and weather patterns.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Agriculture
Read about the history of the agricultural industry and how it shaped the great state of Texas throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Other
Kids, Cows & More: Texas Agriculture
A quick-reference page with facts and figures about one of Texas' leading industries: agriculture.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: State of Texas Agriculture
Find out about the changes in Texas state agricultural industry over the past fifty years.
Tour Egypt
Tour Egypt Monthly: Ancient Egyptian Agriculture
This Tour Egypt Monthly informative article overviews important aspects of Ancient Egyptian Agriculture, including the Nile flooding, farming tools, grain and vegetable cultivation, and animal domestication. Included are small images of...
Agriculture in the Classroom
Kid's Zone: Agriculture in the Classroom: State Agriculture Facts
Want to know about agriculture in your state? Get all the facts from this Kid's Zone site. Each state has its own printable fact sheet. An excellent tool for homework or a state report. Acrobat Reader required. Links also available to...
Other
Ag Web: Agricultural Information, Tools, and Service
AgWeb.com provides the latest news in agriculture, as well as weather and market information, helpful agricultural tools, and more.
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Achievements: Agricultural Mechanization
This page details the mechanization of agriculture from the late 1800's to the late 1900's.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Real Dirt on Farmer John: Family Farms in America
Trace the evolution in American agriculture with this interactive timeline. Learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes, decade by decade.
Other
Camp Silos: Introduction to Farming Today and Tomorrow
Student-friendly site explaining the history of farming. The section on farming today and tomorrow gives viewers the opportunity to see pigs being born. Requires QuickTime plug-in.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Biodynamic Farming: A Systems and Global Engineering Project
This is an excellent project where students investigate biodynamic farming techniques. They then collaborate with students from around the world to design an aquaponics system for cultivating fish and plants that can be used in an...
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Academic Programs, College of Agriculture
This site has links for those interested in agricultural careers. The site has links to the many degree possibilities, the links explain what kind of degree is needed and what kind of jobs such a degree will support.
US Department of Agriculture
China's Food and Agriculture: Issues for the 21st Cent.
A series of reports published but the United States Department of Agriculture in April of 2002 (in PDF format) from the USDA that covers "China's food consumption, marketing, international trade, agricultural policy, transportation...
Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Farming in the 1920s
Experience what farming was like in Nebraska in the 1920s. Many farms lacked electricity, indoor plumbing, refrigerators, and other conveniences enjoyed by city dwellers. Stories, pictures, and videos make the history of rural 1920s...
Agriculture in the Classroom
Natl Agriculture in the Classroom: A Look at North Carolina Agriculture [Pdf]
Learn about the agricultural industry in North Carolina. Find bulleted facts on the climate of North Carolina, its soil, farm animals, and crop production. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Farming & Rural Life in the 1950s & 60s
During the 1950s and 1960s, farmers had serious challenges but those who stayed made pretty good money due to agricultural advancements.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Agriculture: Ranching in a Changing Land
Looks at the history of agriculture in Texas, from the cattle drives of the past to the mechanization of food production today. One section discusses the major crops that are produced today, and the production and economic figures for each.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: Agriculture
Over the course of many years, humans evolved to abandon foraging and took up farming for their food needs. Scientists are still not sure why humans abandoned foraging and took up farming in several places around the world at about the...
Other
Ifpri: Critical Choices for China's Agricultural Policy
A short analysis published in May 1999 by International Food Policy Research Institute of China's agricultural policies since 1978 and what the future might hold for China in the area of farming and food supply.