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Agriculture, Food & health

Debate: The Future of Food

Use the following videos for taking notes on the pros/cons of various types of agricultural practices.
  • Michael Pollan: “In Defense of Food” Trailer (teaser video clip to kick off pros/cons debate on the Future of Farming)
Foraging
  • "Lessons from Nature" (pro foraging)
Subsistence Agriculture
  • Subsistence Agriculture
  • Slash & Burn -- old method & new, more sustainable method
Agribusiness vs. Sustainable Farming
  • High tech Agribusiness (pro Agribusiness & GMO bias)
  • Large Scale Intensive Farming, BBC ​
  • Commercial vs. Sustainable Farming (pro Sustainable Farming bias)
  • Extensive Farming, short video 
  • Bugs or Burgers? Exploring Edible Protein (pro "bug" bias)
  • Food of the Future (pro insect bias, promoted by the Food & Agriculture Association of the UN)
GMOs
  • Bt Cotton: Seeds of Suicide (GMO seeds, India)
  • Pros & Cons of GMOs, According to Bill Nye (tries to present neutral position discussing both pros & cons of GMOs)
Pastoralism, Ranching & Grazing vs. Intensive livestock feedlots:
  • Pastoralism in Africa
  • Pastoral Nomadism: "Against All Odds", Oxfam East Africa
  • "Living Lightly: The Journey with Pastorilists", India
  • Nomads in Modern Society: Reindeer Herding
  • Modern Indigenous People: The Sami Today
  • Ranchlands: Crossroads, Colorado Bison and Cattle Ranching
  • "Why is it necessary to feed cattle in feedlots?", Australia (pro feedlot bias)
  • Temple Grandin HBO movie trailer (pro feedlot bias)
  • Temple Grandin - Humane Cattle Livestock Feedlot/Slaughterhouse documentary (pro feedlot bias)

​Commercial Fishing & Aquaculture:
  • "End of the line" (short version) documentary clip(critical look at commercial fishing & overfishing)
  • Singapore Urban Aquaculture short promo video (pro Aquaculture bias)
  • “Aquaculture is Changing Lives in Bangladesh”, “The Importance of Sustainable Aquaculture, TEDx (pro Aquaculture bias)
  • “Unsafe Shrimp and the question of Seafood Farming”Aljazeera (critical view/bias of aquaculture)
  • “Farmed Salmon, Unsafe and Unsustainable”, OceanFuturesSociety (critical view/bias of aquaculture)
  • “Should You Avoid Farmed Fish?” (video attempts to remain neutral on issue of aquaculture)
​Case Studies of Food Deserts, Urban Food Shortages:
  • U.S.: Millions of Americans Still Live in Food Deserts (ABC)
  • U.S.: No Easy Access: Food Deserts in D.C. (NPR)
  • U.S.: Building an Oasis in a Philadelphia Food Desert (PBSNewsHour)
  • Venezuela: How Long does it take to buy 8 basic food items? (BBC News)
  • Venezuela: Shortage of Basic Products in Venezuela (CNN)

Additional Resources:

​Presentations/Slide Decks
  • ​Food Deserts
Videos
  • Types of Agriculture and Farming Practices (Slideshare review video)
  • Different Types of Farming - intro video to Agriculture, GCSE Geography review
  • Power of Place: "Chicago: Farming on the Edge" (start at 11:35min.)
  • Food, Inc. "Too Broke to Eat Well?"
Websites
  • Factory Farming Map (Interactive)
  • ThirdWorldFarmerSIM (simulation)​​​
Interesting Articles
  • Food For Thought: The Higher Environmental Impact of the Eating Habits of White People in the U.S. (Geographical.co.uk)
  • Floating Deep Farms to Feed a Growing Population (Geographical.co.uk)
  • "Desperate workers on a Mexican mega-farm: 'They treated us like slaves' (LA Times shows the dark side of large-scale commercial farming in Mexico).​​
  • Seeds of Suicide: How Monsanto Destroys Farming (GlobalResearch.ca)
  • "We are What We Eat: Follow Corn through the industrial food system"
  • André Laperrière: Executive Director at Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (Geographical.co.uk)
Interesting for "edutainment" value​​
  • "The Meatrix" Relaunched -- Factory Farming Parody
  • "Store Wars" - An even cornier farming parody
  • Jamie Oliver: Nugget Experiment Epic Failure
  • Chipotle Ad - (critical ad of GMOs and agribusiness)
    • ​Chipotle Ad Review - (Positive Review)
    • Chipotle Ad Agribusiness Lashback(Negative Chipotle Parody Ad)
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