Agricola is a former company town in Polk County , Florida , United States that was built in 1907, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-west of Bartow . It is at a mean elevation of 167 feet. The town was built to house employees of food processing business Swift and Company . The town operated a food processing plant and a phosphate mining operation until the 1950s. Residents were exclusively factory workers and their families. The community was self contained and self reliable with shops, schools and houses for the workers and their families. The town lasted up until the 1950s, when the expansion of the phosphate industry ended the need for providing housing for employees. The town residents were offered a decision to purchase and move their homes. Whatever was not moved was destroyed. After the town was destroyed, the area operated as a phosphate mine.
22-556: (Redirected from Agricolan ) [REDACTED] Look up agricola in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agricola , the Latin word for farmer , may also refer to: People [ edit ] Cognomen or given name [ edit ] In chronological order Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) Sextus Calpurnius Agricola , Roman governor of
44-467: A gardener and be considered a hobbyist . Alternatively, one might be driven into such practices by poverty or, ironically—against the background of large-scale agribusiness—might become an organic farmer growing for discerning/faddish consumers in the local food market. Farmers are often members of local, regional, or national farmers' unions or agricultural producers' organizations and can exert significant political influence. The Grange movement in
66-595: A genus of birds Agricola (board game) , a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg 3212 Agricola , an asteroid Auster Agricola , an aircraft from the 1950s Agricola (school) , a secret NCO school operated by the Grey Ranks during World War II Agricola Street, a prominent street in the neighbourhood of North End in Halifax, Nova Scotia Agricola Park , an urban park in Warsaw , Poland Agrykola Street ,
88-460: A meager subsistence agriculture —a simple organic-farming system employing crop rotation , seed saving , slash and burn , or other techniques to maximize efficiency while meeting the needs of the household or community. One subsisting in this way may become labelled as a peasant , often associated disparagingly with a " peasant mentality ". In developed nations , however, a person using such techniques on small patches of land might be called
110-469: A person collecting taxes from tenants working a field owned by a landlord. The word changed to refer to the person farming the field. Previous names for a farmer were churl and husbandman. Agricola, Florida 27°47′16″N 81°53′29″W / 27.787814°N 81.891457°W / 27.787814; -81.891457 This article about a location in Polk County , Florida
132-449: A street in Warsaw , Poland A series of commemorative medals issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization . See also [ edit ] Agricola's Ditch Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Agricola . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
154-423: Is a person engaged in agriculture , raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops , orchards , vineyards , poultry , or other livestock . A farmer might own the farmland or might work as a laborer on land owned by others. In most developed economies , a "farmer" is usually a farm owner ( landowner ), while employees of
176-416: Is an American colloquial term for a practical farmer, or one who farms his own land. In developed nations, a farmer (as a profession) is usually defined as someone with an ownership interest in crops or livestock, and who provides land or management in their production. Those who provide only labor are most often called farmhands . Alternatively, growers who manage farmland for an absentee landowner, sharing
198-417: Is applied to those engaged primarily in milk production, whether from cattle, goats, sheep, or other milk producing animals. A poultry farmer is one who concentrates on raising chickens , turkeys , ducks or geese , for either meat , egg or feather production, or commonly, all three. A person who raises a variety of vegetables for market may be called a truck farmer or market gardener . Dirt farmer
220-619: The Neolithic , being one of the defining characteristics of that era. By the Bronze Age , the Sumerians had an agriculture specialized labor force by 5000–4000 BCE, and heavily depended on irrigation to grow crops. They relied on three-person teams when harvesting in the spring. The Ancient Egypt farmers farmed and relied and irrigated their water from the Nile . Animal husbandry ,
242-865: The 1930s, one farmer could produce only enough food to feed three other consumers. A modern farmer produces enough food to feed well over a hundred people. However, some authors consider this estimate to be flawed, as it does not take into account that farming requires energy and many other resources which have to be provided by additional workers, so that the ratio of people fed to farmers is actually smaller than 100 to 1. More distinct terms are commonly used to denote farmers who raise specific domesticated animals. For example, those who raise grazing livestock, such as cattle , sheep , goats and horses , are known as ranchers (U.S.), graziers (Australia & UK) or simply stockmen . Sheep, goat and cattle farmers might also be referred to, respectively, as shepherds , goatherds and cowherds . The term dairy farmer
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#1732764935283264-614: The Austrian Empire, and Patricians of Udine and Lords of San Nicandro (San Nicandro Garganico) of Germanic origin of which a branch moved to Italy in the Friuli Region and a branch in the Puglia region in the city of Ischitella and San Severo Agricola (book) , a biography of Julius Agricola by Tacitus AGRICOLA , a database of scientific papers Agricola (vehicles) , a Greek truck manufacturer Agricola (bird) ,
286-1146: The Renaissance Christian Agricola (1987– ), descendant of a noble family of German origin, prince of the Holy Roman Empire Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719), German landscape painter Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738), German physician and naturalist Georg Ludwig Agricola (1643–1676), German composer Georgius Agricola (1494–1555), German scholar and scientist, and the 'father of mineralogy' Ignaz Agricola (1661–1729), German Jesuit Ilka Agricola (born 1973), German mathematician Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German composer Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), German scholar and theologian, an antinomian Karl Agricola (1779–1852), German painter Karol Ludwik Agricola (18th century), Polish engineer Kurt Agricola (1889–1955), German World War II general Martin Agricola (1486–1556), German composer and music theorist of
308-723: The Renaissance Mikael Agricola (1510–1557), Finnish theologian and reformer Peter Agricola (1525–1585), German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar, theologian and diplomat Philipp Agricola ( fl. 1571–1594), German poet and dramatist Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485), Dutch scholar and humanist Stephan Agricola , also Kastenpaur (1491–1547), German scholar and theologian, formerly an Augustinian friar Pen name [ edit ] John Young (merchant) (1773–1837), merchant, author and political figure in Nova Scotia who wrote under
330-772: The United States was effective in advancing farmers' agendas, especially against railroad and agribusiness interests early in the 20th century. The FNSEA is very politically active in France, especially pertaining to genetically modified food . Agricultural producers, both small and large, are represented globally by the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), representing over 600 million farmers through 120 national farmers' unions in 79 countries. There are many organizations that are targeted at teaching young people how to farm and advancing
352-490: The farm are known as farm workers (or farmhands). However, in other older definitions a farmer was a person who promotes or improves the growth of plants, land, or crops or raises animals (as livestock or fish) by labor and attention. Over half a billion farmers are smallholders , most of whom are in developing countries and who economically support almost two billion people. Globally, women constitute more than 40% of agricultural employees. Farming dates back as far as
374-428: The harvest (or its profits) are known as sharecroppers or sharefarmers . In the context of agribusiness , a farmer is defined broadly, and thus many individuals not necessarily engaged in full-time farming can nonetheless legally qualify under agricultural policy for various subsidies , incentives, and tax deductions . In the context of developing nations or other pre-industrial cultures, most farmers practice
396-509: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agricola&oldid=1230698357 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Masculine given names Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Farmer A farmer
418-742: The knowledge and benefits of sustainable agriculture . Farmed products might be sold either to a market , in a farmers' market , or directly from a farm. In a subsistence economy, farm products might to some extent be either consumed by the farmer's family or pooled by the community. There are several occupational hazards for those in agriculture; farming is a particularly dangerous industry. Farmers can encounter and be stung or bitten by dangerous insects and other arthropods, including scorpions , fire ants , bees , wasps and hornets . Farmers also work around heavy machinery which can kill or injure them. Farmers can also establish muscle and joints pains from repeated work. The word 'farmer' originally meant
440-726: The mid–2nd century AD Agricola (consul 421) (365–?), Western Roman statesman Agricola (vir inlustris) ( fl. 466–485 ), son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus Saints Vitalis and Agricola (died 304), martyrs Agricola of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700), bishop of Avignon and saint Saint Agricola of Nevers (died 594), bishop of Nevers Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône (died 580), bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône Surname [ edit ] In alphabetical order Adam Christian Agricola (1593–1645), evangelical preacher Alexander Agricola (1446–1506), Franco-Flemish composer of
462-491: The name Agricola Places in the United States [ edit ] Agricola, Florida , a former company town Agricola, Georgia , an unincorporated community Agricola, Kansas , an unincorporated community Agricola, Mississippi , an unincorporated community Other uses [ edit ] Agricola (surname) , Ancient very noble family with the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Counts of
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#1732764935283484-613: The practice of rearing animals specifically for farming purposes, has existed for thousands of years. Dogs were domesticated in East Asia about 15,000 years ago. Goats and sheep were domesticated around 8000 BCE in Asia . Swine or pigs were domesticated by 7000 BCE in the Middle East and China . The earliest evidence of horse domestication dates to around 4000 BCE. In the US of
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