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Farmers and Growers

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Students explore the lives and work of the farmers and growers of specialty crops of the West. The amount of land and natural resources needed, the fertilizers utilized, and the market available for the crops are investigated in this lesson plan.

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irrigation, pollution, soil, farming, markets, plantations, profit

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Agriculture, farming, irrigation, market, orchard, plantation, pollution, profit, soil, social studies
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3rd - 5th
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Social Studies & History
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