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The population’s desperation has begun to show, with looting and robberies for food increasing all the time. This Sunday, May 1, six Venezuelan military officials were arrested for stealing goats to ease their hunger, as there was no food at the Fort Manaure military base.
Venezuela is a communist third-world country in South America. It's been the pits for many years. Anybody with half a brain would've split that place eons ago.
Now things have hit rock bottom. Inevitably, some people will learn to adjust, to survive. But that situation won't last, unless the people continue to accept what's handed to them. They should string the dictator up on the nearest lamp-post. For sure, he's not starving!
Supermarkets are registered into a system in such a way that they are not permitted to sell Venezuelans food 15 days since their purchase of the same product. As a result, long food lines have formed all over the country, with many people reselling their share to earn an “extra income.”
Jungles aren't very productive. Soils are poor and they're near the equator so there is no long day season. The graineries of the world are in the high latitudes. Think of North America. The northern American plains states and the Canadian prairie provinces are the places where crops grow.
Jungles aren't very productive. Soils are poor and they're near the equator so there is no long day season. The graineries of the world are in the high latitudes. Think of North America. The northern American plains states and the Canadian prairie provinces are the places where crops grow.
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But what do you mean by no long day season? Do they need grains? They can grow lots of sugar cane or sugar beets cant they? I thought the better places to grow crops are the places that are warm all year round for plants to live.
What about the american south though, is that area not good for growing? You mention the plains so . . .
What about the american south though, is that area not good for growing? You mention the plains so . . .
Actually, the American south is NOT so good for growing. It used to be, a century or more ago. Today, the soils are worn out, and the people who live there are fortunate that most of their food is brought in from distant places. Otherwise its nutrient content would be very low. The soils have simply been farmed too heavily for too long, and need a long ley to become productive again.
But the south never did grow grains. Those were grown farther north. Yes, grains are important for the poorer people who cannot afford a lot of meat.
But what do you mean by no long day season? Do they need grains? They can grow lots of sugar cane or sugar beets cant they? I thought the better places to grow crops are the places that are warm all year round for plants to live.
What about the american south though, is that area not good for growing? You mention the plains so . . .
Sugar isn't a good diet staple. Only a tiny percentage of the American South could be called jungle. It's more temperate , but crop production can't compare to the north country. The south is fine for specialty crops, often expensive crops like citrus fruits that pay for the amount spent on fertilizer, smudge pots, etc.
The temperate regions are always the best for cereal crops which are the most important crops. Summer days are long in the north, frequently up to seventeen or eighteen hours. That means plenty of sunshine which means plenty of photosynthesis. Day length at the equator is twelve hours year around.
There's a great deal of information available on agriculture. You can find a good bit to read on the internet.
Note to homeschoolers: teach them physics, chemistry, botany, biochemistry, and physiology. It's not only useful, it's fun.
The people of ancient Athens were almost vegan; it was because of necessity. Soil was poor. There were large areas of rocky land. There was no grass to spare for grazing. The port of Piraeus was too far to bring fish to Athens; people hadn't yet learned how to preserve fish.. The Athenians devoted every square foot to grain and and vegetables. They even imported wine, a staple of the day.
New Jersey, which has a temperate climate, produces some of the world's best tomatoes.
Sugar isn't a good diet staple. Only a tiny percentage of the American South could be called jungle. It's more temperate , but crop production can't compare to the north country. The south is fine for specialty crops, often expensive crops like citrus fruits that pay for the amount spent on fertilizer, smudge pots, etc.
The temperate regions are always the best for cereal crops which are the most important crops. Summer days are long in the north, frequently up to seventeen or eighteen hours. That means plenty of sunshine which means plenty of photosynthesis. Day length at the equator is twelve hours year around.
There's a great deal of information available on agriculture. You can find a good bit to read on the internet.
Note to homeschoolers: teach them physics, chemistry, botany, biochemistry, and physiology. It's not only useful, it's fun.
The people of ancient Athens were almost vegan; it was because of necessity. Soil was poor. There were large areas of rocky land. There was no grass to spare for grazing. The port of Piraeus was too far to bring fish to Athens; people hadn't yet learned how to preserve fish.. The Athenians devoted every square foot to grain and and vegetables. They even imported wine, a staple of the day.
New Jersey, which has a temperate climate, produces some of the world's best tomatoes.
I had a friend who had an iguana farm in Venezuela. I used to go down there all the time until 10 years ago or so. We figured out that he produced about 5 times as much meat as his neighbors who raised cattle.
He also grew about 5000 acres of rice. He had a very nice business until the government shut him down and arrested his family and seized the farm, when they could no longer afford to grow the rice with the high taxes the government imposed on them.
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