Agriculture Helps You Every Day
Do you know how many ways agriculture is part of your daily life?
Agriculture is growing plants, raising animals, and making food and products people use every day.
Most of the food we eat comes from agriculture. That includes toast with jam and honey, apple juice, and smoothies made from fruits and vegetables.
Pajamas and bedding may be made with cotton, a plant.
Paper comes from another agricultural crop, trees. Corn
and soybeans may go into the ink in your books.
What Is a Specialty Crop?
Crops like field corn, wheat, and soybeans are very important because they have many uses. But there are other farms that produce crops called “specialty crops”.
Specialty crops are crops grown and used by people for
food, medicine, or decoration.
Fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, herbs, and flowers are all
examples.
