History of Agriculture

  • 10,000 BCE

    The First Agricultural/Neolithic Revolution

  • 9000 BCE

    Use of Animals to Work the Land

  • 7000 BCE

    When We Began Raising Livestock

  • Use of Large Machinery to Work the Land

  • Monocropping was First Developed

  • Synthetic Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides Were Developed and Became Widely Used

  • The Invention and Wide-Spread Use of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

  • The First Green Revolution

  • GMOs Were Developed and Became Widely Used

  • Second Green Revolution