Over 10,000 years ago, humans began to cultivate and raise crops.

Back then, a single farm could maybe grow enough food to feed a family and perhaps a little more.

Today, a farmer in a developed country can grow enough food to feed hundreds of people.

However, the path from agriculture's ancient roots to a modern mechanized farm

was in a straight line, and it relied on multiple major innovations throughout history.

Learn more about the history of farming and the innovations that increase production

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In a previous episode I talked about the origins of agriculture.

I covered when and where we think agriculture was independently developed around the world.

In this episode, I want to talk about the innovations

that over time resulted in changes and improvements in agricultural production.

So to start we have to have an idea of what farming was like when it first began. The first

farms were as you can imagine extremely simple affairs. Once people realize

that they could use seeds to grow new plants it was just a matter of getting seeds and throwing those seeds on the ground.

And this was a pretty poor system for a host of reasons.

The process of tossing seeds was something that was done for thousands of years and it's known as

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