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2 Legit - Day 1

7/18/2016

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​1) The soil is important for the plants because that is where they get their nutrients  and food to help them grow  and healthier plants or crops. Water conservation is important  to manage the water as a sustainable  resources and to protect the water environment  for human needs for everyday living. 
2) The reason why people and farmers plants cover crops is because it helps reduce heavy water flows when it rains and lead  to dirty water and ruin the soil nutrients. The roots on the plants impact together the soil leading to a somewhat clean water. Prevent to loss the nutrients  and to keep  the soil in one place to hold the nutrients. 
They help the Hawaii Ahupua'a by reducing the soil erosion going to other place like river or beach. 
3) Three career  in agriculture that I know are plant pathology, soil scientist  and conservation  specialist 

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Team Tribal (1) - Day 1

7/18/2016

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This is celery roots the left one is perfectly normal and the right one was attacked by a nematode.


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This is a nematode in the possession of a ring. A organism that kills harmful organisms like the nematode who attack the roots of plants and make them burst.

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This is a nematode with the ring.

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​This is the Koa root.


                                  
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This is a water shed model it tells you what will happen if it got heavy rain where would all the soil and other stuff will end up after the heavy rain.

Blog Questions
Q1. soil and water conservation is very important because first soil conservation is important so you can keep the needed nutrients in the soil to stay in the soil so it doesn't run off into the water ways. Water conservation is important so that you can reduce pollution to the ocean cause since Oahu is a big watershed all the soap from washing the car, soil in the construction site and in the farm and if there is no berm or vegetative barrier or cover crop not only the soil but for the farm if it was recently fertilized all of it will run to the ocean also the dog poop from Zoey in the wetlands will run to the ocean.haha:D
Q2. people/farmers plant cover crops because cover crop plants help to lower soil erosion by catching the soil from run off water, the water will hit the plants first not the soil, and the roots from the plants help secure the soil in the ground so that the soil won't be picked off in the runoff. They help the ahupua'a by the mauka it help keeps the soils nutrients in the mountains so that the plants nutrients in the soil won't leave and go to the ocean. It helps the Makai by keeping the ocean clean for the coral reefs. Also if a farmer uses fertilizer and if it runs to the ocean it will start a algal bloom which will absorb all the oxygen in the ocean and the ocean animals will not be able to breathe.
Q3. Soil Analysist, conservation manager, conservation specialist, farm manager, soil mapper, executive director, farmer, agriculture entrepreneur, etc.
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