agriculture

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"It's similar to peatland where in the past they've been regarded as wastelands. In the past they were dried out for agriculture and now they're realising peatlands are really important."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

He was referring to a time when a surge in interest rates, a collapse in export markets and widespread droughts dealt a devastating blow to American agriculture.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Notably, many of the earlier Neolithic Dutch samples from further north – such as the Swifterbant culture, well-known for maintaining a hunter-gatherer economy alongside some adoption of agriculture – carried close to 100% hunter-gatherer ancestry.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Minnesota’s electricity prices were 18.5% below the national average in 2007, bolstering the state’s energy-intensive industries like agriculture, manufacturing and mining.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A third explanation agrees that hunting and fire agriculture played a significant role in the extinction, but emphasises that we can’t completely ignore the role of climate.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari