Elizabeth Armstrong and Kaitlin Henderson

• An analogy is…• A way of comparing two different items that at first glance

seem different .• Examples: “life is like a box of chocolates, you never know

what you’re going to get.” - “Forrest Gump”• Analogies are ways to find connections between two

seemingly completely unrelated objects by simplifying them to find a common theme

• It helps break down something complicated into a simple idea that people can recognize and relate to

• Agriculture: “the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock, and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products.”

• Etymology: from the Latin, agricultura, “cultivation of the land.”

agriculture

◦ c.1600, from L. agricultura "cultivation of the land," compound of agri cultura "cultivation of land," from agri, gen. of ager "a field" (see acre) + cultura "cultivation" (see culture). In O.E., the idea was expressed by eorðtilþ.

• Agriculture is a culture derived from the needs of the people who farm the land

• Our definition focuses more on the holistic perspective of the culture of farming

• Agriculture developed because of the needs of the people for food, and grew into a highly technological, industrialized process

• Agriculture is like Disney World: it is a culture in and of itself, with many different components working together.

• Agriculture is like learning to walk: it starts small and uncertain, but as it grows it becomes more highly developed and technological and continues to be perfected.

• Agriculture is like a watch: you only see the finished product, but it is a long journey to assemble the parts.

• Agriculture is like a toilet: you need shit.

Wood, Grant. American Gothic. 1930. Oil on Beaverboard. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Iowa DNR Geological Survey. Web. 26 Sept. 2010.

Wood, Grant. American Gothic. 1930. Art Institute of Chicago and VAGA, New York, NY, 1930. Oil on Beaverboard. 26 Sept. 2010.

Etymology of the English word agriculture. myetymology. 2008. Web. 26 Sept. 2010.