What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?

This video was made in partnership with Gates Ventures. The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it s on and the people that use it. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Central pivot irrigation: an irrigation system that moves in a circular pattern around a central pivot point - Contour farming: tilling sloped land along lines of consistent elevation in order to conserve rainwater and to reduce soil losses from erosion - Strip cropping: partitioning a field into long, narrow strips which are alternated in a crop rotation system - Terracing: a method of farming consisting of building platforms along a slope At 3:10 we show a collage of Google Earth images from the video. Here are the coordinates for each (from left to right and top to bottom): 1: 1°15 60.0"S 37°24 11.5"E 2: 1°15 40.8"S 37°23 57.2"E 3: 7°51 04.2"S 61°35 47.1"W 4: 32°53 48.7"S 71°21 33.4"W 5: 38°53 11.2"N 35°36 11.4"E 6: 25°09 55.7"N 55°35 09.2"E 7: 37°11 37.0"N 26°47 45.7"E 8: 42°50 39.1"N 143°03 10.9"E 9: 53°58 24.5"N 0°44 01.8"W 10: 16°37 22.1"S 62°54 38.5"W 11: 46°58 13.1"N 70°51 28.5"W 12: 27°10 19.5"N 81°48 21.2"W 13: 25°48 55.2"N 110°09 02.3"E 14: 43°39 27.2"N 90°55 17.7"W 15: 28°58 14.4"S 23°55 12.6"E 16. 24°08 14.0"N 23°13 17.0"E 17. 25°48 20.4"N 110°08 57.6"E 18: 43°44 38.1"N 141°52 07.6"E SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Kate Yoshida | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Sarah Berman | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Merch | http://dftba.com/minuteearth MinuteEarth Explains Book | https://minuteearth.com/books Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Hazlett, R. & Peck, J. (2018) An Image Reconnaissance: Agricultural Patterns and Related Environmental Impacts Viewed From Space. Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.557 NASA Earth Observatory, 2022. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ Oksanen, T (2013). Shape-describing indices for agricultural field plots and their relationship to operational efficiency. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 98, 252–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2013.08.014 Pulliam, A. (1948). Farm layout and farmstead planning. : Corvallis, Or. : Federal Cooperative Extension Service, Oregon State College. https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/administrative_report_or_publications/n870zv71w