Monday, February 20, 2012

I Believe in Innovation

"I Believe in Innovation!"

Ok so obviously innovation is important to today's society. I mean, think about that smart phone in your hand, the tablet in your bag or the computer that you are reading this on, they all came about through innovation right? Right! Innovation is vital to the world of technology.

But, have you thought about how agriculturalists have been innovative throughout the years?

Think about it... there is innovation everywhere!

Today we use tractors instead of plows. We even have GPS onboard some of our equipment.

Now, I've never actually used any heavy-duty farm equipment but that leads into my next point.

Agriculturalists today are not just farmers. Agriculture now involves everything from aquaculture to biotechnology and more! The amount of innovation in our industry is incredible! Biotechnologists are able to track genes inside plants to the point where they can manipulate them to give a desired effect (ie pesticide resistance, pest resistance and more!)

And the innovation is far from over! We are still discovering new things everyday and coming up with more effective and more sustainable practices in agriculture and the industry is continuing to evolve through the innovation of progressive agriculturalists.

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