FOOD
AGRICULRUAL
CROPS
FOOD CROPS
WHAT ARE FOOD CROPS?
FOOD CROPS RELATED TOPICS
AGRICULRUAL CROP CLASSIFICATIONS
FOOD AGRICULRUAL CROPS LINKS
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FOOD CROPS
The term "food crops" refers to the world's major food supply derived
from plants; a crop assumes human intervention through agriculture.
In the main, food crops consist of grains, legumes (including dried beans),
seeds and nuts, vegetables, fruit, herbs and spices, beverage plants such
as tea and coffee, and so forth.
Some foods, like sea vegetables, are food crops in terms of gathering rather
than deliberate agriculture, although undoubtedly the best sources of such
foods are well cared for resources in terms of laws to prevent over-harvesting,
polluting, and licensing access.
Food crops
http://www.appropedia.org/Food_crops
Category:Food crops
http://www.appropedia.org/Category:Food_crops
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SECTION 2
WHAT ARE
FOOD
CROPS?
Food crops are any plants intentionally grown with the primary purpose
of being eaten by humans or animals. This definition separates a food
crop from wild edible vegetation, grazing material and edible food
used for other purposes. The vast majority of store-bought fruits,
vegetables and grain-based foods started in this category. This makes
up one of the three main divisions of useful growing plants, the other
two being wild plants and non-food crops.
There are two basic criteria that differentiate food crops from other
plants. The first is that a person must intentionally plant and/or care
for them and the second is that they must be primarily used for food.
Both of these factors are absolute requirements for the term.
The first is primarily used to separate food crops from edible wild crops.
Basically, this criterion makes a line that says onions grown in a garden
are a food crop but ones picked in the forest are a wild crop. The only
gray area in this rule is based on the cultivation and care of a plant.
If a person picked wild berries, they would be a wild crop; if that person
cleared the weeds and built a fence around the same bushes, it may
transition to a food crop.
The second major factor requires that the plant be used for food. If more
than half of the useful material harvested from a plant is used to feed
either animals or humans, then the plant is food. The plant may undergo
significant processing, such as the creation of corn syrup, without
changing the designation. This rule separates out crops that aren’t eaten,
such as tobacco, and plants that could be consumed, but are not being used
for food, such as corn being used to make ethanol.
Agriculturalists separate useful plants into three broad categories: food,
non-food and wild. In addition to these three useful groups, there is a
single major non-useful group called nuisance plants, as well as several
specialized groups. A nuisance plant is literally anything that is not
useful and is growing in an area where a person doesn’t want it. This
classification could cover anything from crabgrass to wild roses with
equal accuracy.
The other two useful groups intertwine heavily with food crops. Non-food
crops share the first criteria but not the second. This means that people
intentionally grow them, but don’t eat them. These plants could be anything
from cotton to hemp to potatoes grown to process into biopolymers. Wild
crops can be food or non-food, but they cannot be intentionally cultivated
or cared for.
What Are Food Crops?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-food-crops.htm
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SECTION 3
FOOD CROPS
RELATED
LINKS
What is Crop Rotation?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-crop-rotation.htm
What Are the Different Types of Crop Pests?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-crop-pests.htm
What Are the Best Tips for Crop Cultivation?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-best-tips-for-crop-cultivation.htm
What Are the Different Types of Crop Plants?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-crop-plants.htm
What Are the Different Types of GMO Crops?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-gmo-crops.htm
What is a Famine Food?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-famine-food.htm
What are Genetically Modified Crops?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-genetically-modified-crops.htm
What is a Food Broker?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-food-broker.htm
What is so Controversial About Genetically Modified (GM) Food?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-so-controversial-about-genetically-modified-food.htm
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SECTION 4
AGRICULTURAL
CROP
CLASSIFICATIONS
In agriculture, plants are grouped into various crop classifications.
Agricultural crops are plants that are grown or intentionally managed
by man for certain purposes. They are classified using various terms
worldwide.
Agricultural Crop Classifications
http://www.cropsreview.com/crop-classifications.html
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FOOD
AGRICULTURAL
CROP
CLASSIFICATIONS
RELATED
TOPICS
Common Plant Names Can Mislead>
http://www.cropsreview.com/common-plant-names.html
Botanical Latin Names for Farm Crops Identification
http://www.cropsreview.com/latin-names.html
Plant Classification Based on Natural Adaptation
http://www.cropsreview.com/plant-classification.html
Crop vs Weed
http://www.cropsreview.com/what-is-a-crop.html
Plant Names
http://www.cropsreview.com/plant-names.html
Latin Names Meaning
http://www.cropsreview.com/latin-names.html
Misleading Common Names
http://www.cropsreview.com/common-plant-names.html
Crop Classifications
http://www.cropsreview.com/crop-classifications.html
Monocot Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/monocot.html
Edible Flowers
http://www.cropsreview.com/edible-flower.html
Cash Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/cash-crops.html
Staple Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/staple-crops.html
Cereal Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/cereal-crops.html
Grain Legumes / Pulses
http://www.cropsreview.com/grain-legumes.html
Root and Tuber Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/root-crops.html
Sugar Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/sugar-crops.html
Palms for Sugar
http://www.cropsreview.com/list-of-palms.html
Fiber Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/fiber-crops.html
Tropical Fruit Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/list-of-fruits.html
Tropical Fruit Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/list-of-tropical-fruits.html
Cover Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/cover-crops.html
Naturally-propagated crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/vegetative-propagation.html
Agronomic Crops vs Horticultural Crops
http://www.cropsreview.com/agronomic-crops.html
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SECTION 5
FOOD
AGRICULRUAL
FOOD CROPS
LINKS
Agriculture
https://www.data.gov/food/
Agriculture: Crops
https://www.epa.gov/agriculture/agriculture-crops
Agriculture.com
https://www.agriculture.com/
Agriculture and Food News
https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/agriculture_and_food/
Cash Crops, Food, Crops and
Agricultural Sustainability
http://www.mekonginfo.org/assets/midocs/0002781-farming-cash-crops-food-crops-and-agricultural-sustainability.pdf
Crop Agriculture
https://www.britannica.com/topic/crop-agriculture
Food and agriculture data
http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/home/en/
National Agricultural Statistics Service
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/
Sustainable Agriculture Network
http://www.sare.org
Plants and Crops
https://www.nal.usda.gov/plants-and-crops
The Plant Guide
http://theplantguide.net/
U.S. Department of Agriculture
https://www.usda.gov/
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Agriculture
http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/Agriculture
The Encyclopedia of Life
http://eol.org/
List of fruits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fruits
Plants Database
National Gardening Association
http://garden.org/plants/
The Plant Encyclopedia
http://theplantencyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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