Editing History of Bermuda (section)

====Agricultural diversification====
Though Bermuda exported more tobacco than Virginia until 1625, Bermuda diversified its agriculture to include corn, potatoes, fruit trees, poultry and livestock. This was especially true when prices collapsed in 1630, and tobacco took its toll on soil fertility, though the company continued to use tobacco as a medium of exchange and resist a diversified economy. Tobacco exports peaked in 1684, the last year of company control.<ref name=Wilkinson/>{{rp|60–61}}<ref name=Jarvis/>{{rp|17–18,26–29,38–39,84}}

English immigration essentially ceased by the 1620s when all available land was occupied. Because of its limited land area, Bermuda relied on emigration, especially to the developing English colonies in the Bahamas, the Carolinas, New York and the Caribbean. Between 1620 and 1640, 1200 emigrated, while the population reached 4000 in 1648. Between 1679 and 1690, 2000 emigrated, while the population reached 6248 in 1691.<ref name=Jarvis/>{{rp|29,45–47,86,101,324,372}}

The archipelago's limited land area and resources led to the creation of what may be the earliest conservation laws of the [[New World]]. In 1616 and 1620, acts were passed banning the hunting of certain birds and young tortoises.<ref>Meggs, Martin. "Developing a Small Island GIS: the Bermuda Experience". Bermuda Department of Planning.</ref>