Crops+and+Agriculture+Facts+6-10


 * Two big changes of the Renaissance
 * Cross plowing was innovated during the European Renaissance.
 * Leaving a field untended for a season to allow the nutrients to return to the soil.
 * Main crops during the Renaissance
 * wheat and rice where the most abundant crops of the Renaissance[[image:crops.jpg]]
 * Improved farming methods
 * during the renaissance irrigation and hydrolic machines where greatly inproved there for the amount of land and crops that could be harvested
 * crops and cities
 * crops provided all the food for the cities depending on where the farmers lived some could turn crops up to 3 times a year
 * medical crops
 * tobacco and white potatoes where strictly grown for medical purpose