What is the importance of farming?

Question

What is the importance of farming?

Answer 1

You would think that no one needs to ask, but nonetheless;   good question.

In the late seventies, America's farmers felt the need to strike.  I supported the National Farm Strike and drove a tractor from South Georgia to the steps of the Capital Building in Atlanta.  Naturally, a twenty eight mile long string of tractors coming into the big city on I-75 made the national news.  I'll never forget a television news reporter from a network affiliate there asking a lady in a parking lot if she was concerned about food supplies, since the nation's farmers were planning to strike.  With a straight face she said "No, I get our food from the grocery store".  Gotta love it.  Here's your sign.

Answer 2

Hi there..

Why Farming Matters aims to give everyone a much clearer idea of the contribution that farming makes to the economy, to the quality and security of our food supplies, to the beauty and diversity of our countryside, to combating climate change and to the rural economy.

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The NFU's mission is to champion British farming, and this is exactly what we are doing with our Why Farming Matters campaign.

Why Farming Matters aims to give everyone a much clearer idea of the contribution that farming makes to the economy, to the quality and security of our food supplies, to the beauty and diversity of our countryside, to combating climate change and to the rural economy

Answer 3

profit for the farmers and food for the nation...

Answer 4

To feed your freakin family dude!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Agricultural is an important part of many states and provinces within North America. In fact agriculture is the main stay for many small communities, never mind the fact that the agriculture community is what provides us with the majority of the food products we buy. Yet there is a large percentage of the population who have little use for farmers or farming. They believe all those animals make them noisy, smelly, and dirty places.

If you’ve ever spent any time on a farm you’ll have a totally different view from the city folk. In fact you will most likely have the opposite view. You’ll see the city as the smelly, noisy, dirty place with crime and other dysfunctional elements of society. You’ll see the farm as the peaceful place with wide open spaces and so much fresh air.

It’s almost alarming that many cities have separated themselves so much from the country that the importance of farming is no longer recognized. Believe it or not there are hundreds of thousands of people that when asked where milk comes from, will reply “the grocery store.”

These city people have little thought into where their food comes from other than the grocery store. They think little about where or how the produce on the grocery shelves came to be, where the dairy products came from, or what process was involved in getting those foods to the grocery store.

It never crosses their mind that somewhere a farmer had to raise a cow, milk that cow, ship that milk away for processing so that it could be conveniently found on a store shelf. It never crosses their mind that the lettuce salad they so enjoy took the hard labor of a farmer to plant the field, water the field, harvest the field, and make arrangements to get the product to market.

Answer 6

More than 60 percent of the world's population live in rural areas.  For many, maintaining even a subsistence-level lifestyle is a daily concern.  Many international organizations are attempting to help these rural families by increasing their agricultural output.  A way to bolster agricultural production is to develop agricultural education systems.  Many nations are working to develop agricultural and extension education programs and institutions.  However, in some cases, the importance of agricultural and extension education is frequently given low priority.  In other cases, the importance of human resource development is recognized, but nations lack agricultural educators and extension personnel who can plan and implement these programs at all levels.

Agricultural and Extension education efforts have contributed much to agricultural development in North America and Europe. In the United States, agricultural education programs in secondary and post secondary schools continue to provide essential technical and managerial skills that young people need to succeed in farming and related agricultural areas. Traditionally, extension programs have been directed toward meeting the needs of farmers, families and communities. Societal changes are opening new arenas for people oriented information and education. Extension's redefined mission indicates Extension helps people improve their lives through an educational process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs.

Other countries have followed a similar pattern by investing in agricultural and extension education. These human resource investments are now yielding important results in the form of increased agricultural productivity. The process of developing, transferring, and using agricultural technology requires trained people at all levels. Nations must provide appropriate agricultural and extension education if they are to be successful in both developing agricultural potential in the rural areas and in meeting national food requirements.

Answer 7

If we didn't have farmers we won't eat.