Commercial Gardening
Good or Bad?
Definition of Commercial Gardening
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming. Predominant type of farming in southeastern U.S. Commonly referred to as truck farming from the Middle English word, truck, meaning “bartering” or “exchange of commodities
Agricultural Region
Commercial gardening is everywhere where someone grows something and sells it to another person. Although it is more popular in MDC's and is on a larger scale, it is also in LDC's too.
Where does this happen?
Commercial gardening is practices all over the world. Each region has its own purpose though and everything can be shipped around the world.
Is it Commercial or Subsistence?
Commercial gardening is commercial because people are growing food to sell and try and make money.
Who does Commercial Farming?
Anyone can, people from all over the world do it, but it is in mostly developed countries.
LDC or MDC?
Commercial gardening is MDC because this is practiced in countries such as the U.S., Spain and Australia, which are all more developed countries. It is also LDC because people in LDC's can grow crops and sell them too.
Importance of Commercial Gardening
Commercial gardening plays an important role in developing and undeveloped countries because most of these countries rely on agriculture for their economic development. Agriculture is something which does not heavily depend upon consumer's demand unlike other commodities. When there is an excess of production these goods can be supplied free of cost to people who are suffering from poverty as these goods can't be stored for a long period of time.When the world is facing recession almost all producers decrease their level of production but only the agricultural sector does not reduce it's production as the production of agricultural goods depends not upon the market forces but upon natural conditions.The agricultural sector provides jobs for those who have lost their jobs in other sectors and thus helps the economy of the world to move again.
Effects of Commercial Gardening
Negative effects of commercial farming Commercial Farming removes the surface soil which causes damage to soil. These surface soils contain organic matter, plant nutrients and soil particles. This affects productivity on the farm. ... You can see that commercial agriculture can create many problems in the environment.
Interesting Facts
-Farmers today produce 262% more food with 2% fewer inputs (such as seeds, labor, fertilizers) than they did in 1950
-Farming employs more than 24 million American workers (17% of the total workforce).
-In 2007, just 187,816 of the 2.2 million farms in the United States accounted for 63% of sales of agricultural products, marking a trend toward the concentration in agricultural production.
-Robert Newman was banned from all farms in the United Kingdom in August 2013 for having relations with a goat.
Personal Connection
My brothers used to take extra vegetables from our garden and try selling them.
Short Video on Commercial Lettuce Growing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTcKy_6TKk0