Peter Michael Bauer @anthrodidact.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Did you know "agriculture" probably doesn't mean what you think it means?... The word #agriculture is two parts: agri + #culture. The word "agri" means #field and "culture" means to cultivate. Agriculture is literally "field #cultivation." 130
Peter Michael Bauer @anthrodidact.bsky.social · 02/02/2026To maintain a field, one must fight #ecologicalsuccession. This is where the concept of "#Weeds" stems from. To maintain a field (outside of a flood plain), you have to cut down the forest and stop it from growing back… 100
Peter Michael Bauer @anthrodidact.bsky.social · 02/02/2026People often conflate agriculture with the word "cultivation." Cultivation comes from the root word "colere" which meant, "to till the soil." This is because agro-centric civilizations didn't recognize any other forms of cultivation as such. 100
