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#Agriculture
thescienceorpracticeofcultivatingthe
soil,raisingcrops,andrearinganimals.
FromOxfordEnglishDictionary
NaGeum-chae
discussingthegrowthofsociety,orthroughthenurturingofculture.
In September, The Argus focuses on the primary industry which
Sometimes we forget about the value of precious beings. As they
marksthebeginningofhumankindandisfoundationaltotheother
werealwaysthere,wejusttookthemforgranted.Weareblindwith
industries.AreyoureadytoenjoythearticlesofTheArgus?Welcome
familiarity,andactasifwehaddoneitonourown.Then,wepaythe
toTheArgus!
priceasusual.ShouldnotweneverrepeatthemistakesoftheGreek
godswhorealizedDemeter¡¯spreciousnessafterhercurse?Donotbe
KimJi-hyeon
takeninbyfamiliarity.
Agricultureisatraditionalthingbutitisanessentialthingtopeoplein
¡°Wheretillagebegins,otherartsfollow.Thefarmersthereforeare
Korea.Canyouimagineamealwithoutrice?
thefoundersofhumancivilization.¡±-DanielWebster
Thereisafamoussaying¡°Koreansneedtoeatrice(Bapsim).¡±
KwakHyun-jeong
Weshouldbeawareoftheimportanceoftheagriculturesoletusread
aboutitwithTheArgus!
We¡¯repronetooverestimateourownagencyinnature.Manyofthe
activities humans like to think they undertake for their own good
MunJi-hyun
purposes?inventingagriculture,outlawingcertainplants?aremere
¡°Asamansows,soshallhereap¡±isanidiomthatIlikethemost.Just
contingencies as far as nature is concerned... Our grammar might
asourancestorsendeavoredtocultivatemothernaturetomakeus
teachustodividetheworldintoactivesubjectsandpassiveobjects,
whatwearetoday,IshouldtryhardtogetthebestofmeinTheArgus.
butinacoevolutionaryrelationshipeverysubjectisalsoanobject,
everyobjectasubject.That¡¯swhyitmakesjustasmuchsensetothink
YooChan-heum
of agriculture as something the grasses did to people as a way to
Peoplesometimesdonotappreciatewhatisreallyimportantto
conquerthetrees.
themandforgetaboutit.Humansocietyisjustthesame.Ofcourse
-MichaelPollan:TheBotanyofDesire
wehavefancytechnologies,suchasVR.andIoT.Butthatdidnot
KimMin-ji
helpusexistthislong,right?Then,whatistherealimportantthing
thatwemaybehaveforgotten?FindoutaboutwithTheArgusin
Imagineatablewithoutriceandkimchi.
Septemberabouttherealthingweforgot:¡°agriculture.¡±
Imagineatablewithoutbreadandpasta.
Itmustbeveryempty,right?
JungMin-yeong
JusttryhamburgerswithoutFrenchfries.
Agriculturalproductssustainourlives.However,weeasilyforget
Justtrycheesewithoutwine.
howprecioustheyare.Startingwithbeingthankfulforwhatwe
Somethingismissing,right?
eateveryday,Ihopewebecomepeoplewhoknowtoappreciate
Withoutagriculture,weloseourdailypleasureofeating.
everythingweget.
ParkChang-hwan
ChoiYun-jeong
Genesis8:22
¡°Agriculture¡± is derived from the Latin word ¡°Cultura¡± which
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
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meanscultivationandcare.Thismeaninggraduallyexpandedfrom
summerandwinter,dayandnight,shallnotcease.
thecultivationofcropstothecultivationofhumans.ThenCulture
AslongasweremainonthisEarth,seedtimeandharvestwillalways
becameanindependentnouninthelate18thcenturies.AsaStaff
accompanyus.Letusnotforgethowpreciousthegiftoffarmingis.
Reporter of Culture Section, I realized that before we started
agriculture,humanswerealsojustofnature,withoutCulture.
OhJu-yeong
Since the beginning of industry, human beings have achieved
splendiddevelopmentthroughtheorizingandcritiquing,orperhaps

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