PC2+Farming

=Farming:=

====Farming (Agriculture) is probably the most important of all industries. It is the Primary Industry that provides our food and as agriculture has become more effective, so the way we live has changed. Today we buy our food from shops and have many different jobs. In the past, people survived from hunting animals and collecting berries. We then learnt to farm and from that moment on, the countryside, as well as our lives, began to change.====

Farming in Switzerland:



 * Task 1:**

Types of Farming:
=Farming = Farms can be categorised according to **what** is being grown or reared, the **size** of the operation and the **agricultural techniques** being used. Farming can be:
 * sedentary or nomadic
 * subsistence or commercial
 * arable, pastoral or mixed
 * extensive or intensive

Sedentary or nomadic?

 * Sedentary farming is when a farm is based in the **same location** all the time.
 * Nomadic farming is when a farmer **moves** from one place to another. This is common in some LEDCs.

Subsistence or commercial?

 * Subsistence farming is when crops and animals are produced by a farmer to **feed their family**, rather than to sell.
 * Commercial farming (Agribusiness) is when crops and animals are produced to **sell** at market for a profit.

Arable, pastoral or mixed?

 * Arable farms grow **crops**. Crops are plants that are harvested from the ground to be eaten or sold.
 * Pastoral farms rear **animals** - either for animal by-products such as milk, eggs or wool, or for meat.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Mixed farms grow crops **and** rear animals.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #f76100; font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1em;">Extensive or intensive?

 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Extensive farming is where a relatively **small amount** of produce is generated from a **large area** of farmland.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Intensive farming is where a **large amount** of produce is generated from a relatively **small area** of land. Inputs will be **high** to achieve a high yield per hectare. Inputs could be either fertilisers, machines or labour.

information from BBC Bitesize

Farming and Climate:
====<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">4) Farming and Climate: An exercise from Geographyalltheway.com ====



====As farming has changed, so to has the landscape. Using the information from this website, create a timeline that describes and explains the major changes that have taken place from 7000BC to 2000AD. Use the pictures from the website or add your own. Keep the text brief.====

====Can you run a farm and feed the people Complete the worksheet from this page on geographyalltheway.====