Sustainable Agriculture & Crop Farming
What practices are used to maintain soil health?
Acceptable Answers: What is Crop Rotation, Cover Cropping, and/or Conservation Tillage?
What are some benefits of community gardens besides just providing food?
What is biodiversity, cultural advantages, urban cleanliness (reduce urban heat and improve air quality)
This type of garden, located on top of a building, can boost local food production.
What is a rooftop garden?
What is fish farming and how does it work?
What is raising fish in controlled environments for food production?
Farmers choose specific fish then breeding and dieting these fish. Once reached acceptable size, they are harvested and sold.
How does overfishing impact fish populations in the ocean?
What is a decreased fish population?
What are CAFOS and how can they impact the environment?
What is Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations ?
Impact: Maximizes production in small areas and highly effective for meat production; Negatives are water pollution, air pollution, and animal resistance.
How can community gardens and local food purchases help with sustainability
What is reducing carbon footprint and and waste reduction?
What percent of agriculture would suffer without pollinators?
What is 75%?
What issues in human populations could arise from unsafe fish?
What is foodborne illnesses and chemical contaminants?
What are the benefits negative impacts of industrial farming?
What is environmental degradation?
What are some solutions to soil deprivation?
What are alternating crops and adding compost and/or eliminating soil tilling to prevent erosion?
This term describes produce grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or GMOs
What is Organically Grown?
These gardening techniques are great for people with only a small space to grow food
What are Vertical Gardens, Container Gardens, and Windowsill Gardens?
What practice reduces unintended capture of marine species?
What is Bycatch?
Which fish species are most severely overharvested?
What is Bluefin tuna, Atlantic cod, orange roughy, and Chilean sea bass?
What are the pros and cons of pesticide use, including how Integrated Pest Management (IPM) addresses these issues?
PROS: What is increased crop yield, reduced crop damage, and cost-effectiveness?
CONS: What is environmental harm and health risks?
How do community gardens help social connections and community health?
What is encouraging community collaboration and access to fresh produce/ urban greening?
Along with saving energy, rooftop gardens also help cities manage this environmental issue.
What is Stormwater Runoff Pollution?
How much money does fish farming bring into the US economy, annually?
What is $1 Trillion?
How does overfishing impact local fishing communities?
What is depleted fish stocks, which reduces income and food security for local communities that rely on fishing as a primary source of livelihood?
In the US, what types of crops are grown in sustainable agricultural systems?
What is legumes (soybeans, lentils, etc.), grains, fruits and vegetables?
What is agroforestry and where is it done?
What is a way of farming that grows trees and bushes alongside crops or animals on the same land?
It is done in the United States, Latin America, and Africa
What are some potential drawbacks of organic farming, especially on a large scale?
What is lower yield and higher labor costs?
What are Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs)?
What is tools added to trawl fishing nets to prevent sea turtles and large marine animals from being accidentally caught?
How does removing larger fish from populations affect the overall fish population?
What is reducing the breeding population and results in fewer young fish entering the ecosystem?