Agriculture

The Second Agricultural Revolution is caused by a natural global warming. To Europe, this is awesome for them. Because it’s warmer and warmer for a longer time, new crops can be harvested. This leads to a more diverse diet, and with more kinds of foods, people get a healthier and longer life, thus giving them more energy to work even more on farming.

More importantly, not only do they have a longer season, but they also have new improved plows. These plows can dig deeper and get to the really nutrient-rich soil. Farmers can also plow twice as fast as they replace oxen with horses.

There was a Two-Field System where the people found out if using the same piece of land to grow over and over, the soil loses its nutrients. So farmers have two fields; one is to grow, the other resting and regaining nutrients. But now there are more types of food! So farmers add another field so that:

• One field has fast growing crops that will harvest in the summer
• One field has regular crops that will harvest in the fall
• And one field that’s taking a breather. (A break, resting, reviving nutrients)