bio+farming+3

//**German farmers can grow all year around**//


 * //**Intensive farming: high technology: machines, equipment, chemicals, control of pests and diseases.**//
 * //**Climate: Summer (warm) winter (cold): farmers use greenhouses or make plastic tunnels called ‘’cloches’’ were they can plant tomatoes and strawberries in a controlled environment.**//
 * //**Special methods for farming in Germany (asparagus preseason). Asparagus is the first plant to come out from the soil in spring. Farmers cover the asparagus with extra soil to to stop the sun from making the plant green. The plants turn green because they produce green chlorophyll when exposed to sunlight. People plant chemical plants. (Some farmers plant using chemicals to fertilize their plants)**//
 * //**Space farming (planting on colonies). “Biosphere 2” was a project in Arizona in order to prove that in an artificial environment/space life could be sustained there.**//





//**African farmers can’t grow all year around**//
 * //**Africa has different weather climate: warm and dry climate in the Sahara and mild and damp in the south area. for richest farmland. South Africa has the right weather conditions to plant grapes: warm and not too wet.**//
 * //**Learning from ancient Egypt : Nile river flood. It helps farmers because the Nile mud is so rich of nutrients that it can be used for fertilizing.**//
 * //**Use Methods when raining: water conservation. Use rain efficiently. Sometimes people build water grains. Careful irrigation.**//