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AEST Agriculture Systems Certification -
History, Welfare, Leadership - 1 of 8
Florida crops
fruits, vegetables, nursery, peanuts, cotton
Top FL crop in money
Citrus
What product is created using genetic engineering and e. Coli?
insulin
First commercially available GMO crop
FlavrSavr delayed ripening tomato (1994)
First GMO animal to be commercialized
GloFish - Zebrafish with fluorescent gene
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the mechanical reaper
Deere
Invented the steel plow
Northern Crescent
Largest population, Dairy
Eastern Uplands
Most small farms, Tobacco
Mississippi Portal
Cotton
Heartland
Most farms, cash grain
Southern Seaboard
Part time cattle, field crops, poultry
Prairie Gateway
2nd in wheat, oat, barley
Fruitful Rim
Most large family farms - fruits and veggies
Basin and Range
Most non-family farms, cattle
Northern Great Plains
Largest farms, smallest population
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
When was barbed wire introduced?
1874
What is PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - extreme belief in animal rights
Examples of cruelty
starvation, beating, mutilation, cock fighting
Examples that are NOT cruelty
castration, dehorning, ear tagging, tattoos, ear notching, branding
Animal rights
the belief that animals have rights similar to humans and should not be used in
research
animal welfare
AEST Agriculture Systems Certification -
History, Welfare, Leadership - 1 of 8
Florida crops
fruits, vegetables, nursery, peanuts, cotton
Top FL crop in money
Citrus
What product is created using genetic engineering and e. Coli?
insulin
First commercially available GMO crop
FlavrSavr delayed ripening tomato (1994)
First GMO animal to be commercialized
GloFish - Zebrafish with fluorescent gene
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the mechanical reaper
Deere
Invented the steel plow
Northern Crescent
Largest population, Dairy
Eastern Uplands
Most small farms, Tobacco
Mississippi Portal
Cotton
Heartland
Most farms, cash grain
Southern Seaboard
Part time cattle, field crops, poultry
Prairie Gateway
2nd in wheat, oat, barley
Fruitful Rim
Most large family farms - fruits and veggies
Basin and Range
Most non-family farms, cattle
Northern Great Plains
Largest farms, smallest population
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
When was barbed wire introduced?
1874
What is PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - extreme belief in animal rights
Examples of cruelty
starvation, beating, mutilation, cock fighting
Examples that are NOT cruelty
castration, dehorning, ear tagging, tattoos, ear notching, branding
Animal rights
the belief that animals have rights similar to humans and should not be used in
research
animal welfare
