Food studies

By Isabel2008

  • Irragation was invented

    Technological innovations like irrigation (circa 6000 BCE) and the plow (circa 3000 BCE) brought enormous gains in productivity -https://foodsystemprimer.org/production/history-of-agriculture

  • Agriculture started in west africa

    Agriculture began in west africa in 3000-10000 BCE, early farmers grew millet and sorghum. Later, they began growing a special strain of rice native to Africa.

  • Agriculture began in eastern north America

    between 4000-5000bp there were plants such as sunflowers, goosefoot and squash were first grown. Animals such as dogs and goats were first domesticated throughout America.

  • Agriculture started in Mesoamerica

    agriculture emerged in Mesoamerica, including the domestication of maize, beans, and squash. Turkeys, dogs, and Muscovy ducks were also domesticated.

  • Agriculture started in The new Guinea highlands

    The people living at the Kuk site, in the Wahgi valley of highlands, were practising agriculture at least 7,000 years ago according to a report made by Dr Katharina Neumann at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. They believe that this area gave birth to the most fundamental sugarcane and banana crops.

  • Agriculture started in the far east

    By 8000bc, agriculture had began in China, rice being the main crop produced however crops such as Buckwheat; Millets; Soybean; Peach; Nectarine; Apples ; Apricots were also being produced. Pigs were also being domesticated during this time.

  • Agriculture started in the south American highlands

    In chile, potatoes were collected as early as 11,000 bp. In colombia, animals such as dogs, llamas, guinea pigs, turkey, Muscovy ducks, stingless bees, and the cochineal insect were all domesticated, as well as plants such as maniocs, sweet potatos, ullucu, and jicama.

  • Invention of agriculutre

    Agriculture was invented by a women. The birthplace of agriculture is believed to be the Fertile Crescent, a region in the eastern Mediterranean coast stretching to the Persian Gulf.
    The first plants that were harvested were:
    Emmer and einkorn wheat, then hulled barley, peas, lentils, bitter vetch, chick peas and flax.
    The first domesticated animal was a sheep.