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'''Agriculture''' is the intentional growing of plants for human use.

'''Agriculture''' is the intentional growing of plants for human use.

Agricultural societies appeared in several widely separated parts of the Old and New Worlds over 5000 years ago.  Most human populations had become dependent on agriculture by some 2,000 years ago <ref>http://courses.washington.edu/anth457/agorigin.htm</ref>.

Farming was punishment for Adam after the Fall, around 4000 B.C., as explained in the [[Book of Genesis]], chapter 3.  Civilizations based on agriculture then developed around 3000 B.C., and ever since most human populations have been dependent on agriculture by some 2,000 years ago. <ref>http://courses.washington.edu/anth457/agorigin.htm</ref>.

Various amounts of care are involved, from little more than scattering [[seed]]s and later checking for a [[harvest]], to large scale industrial agriculture, where thousands of [[acre]]s are devoted to growing one [[crop]], using carefully bred and selected seeds, highly processed [[man-made]] [[fertilizer]]s, and a variety of [[pesticide]]s.

Various amounts of care are involved, from little more than scattering [[seed]]s and later checking for a [[harvest]], to large scale industrial agriculture, where thousands of [[acre]]s are devoted to growing one [[crop]], using carefully bred and selected seeds, highly processed [[man-made]] [[fertilizer]]s, and a variety of [[pesticide]]s.