This is the original source of energy for both mono and polycultures
What is the sun?
100
The term described by Pollan as any food whose provenance is so complex or obscure that it requires expert help to ascertain?
What is Industrial Food
100
Is the greatest threat to biodiversity in Iowa.
What is Monoculture.
100
The use of this has lead to pollution of our waterways.
What is chemical fertilizers
100
This is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal government policy on farming, agriculture, forestry, and food.
What is USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
200
He invented a way to grow food faster while trying to find more efficient ways to kill people.
What is Fritz Haber
200
The name of the special kind of eater that (according to Pollan) is needed to consume all the substances we create from corn?
What is Industrial Eater
200
This style of farming is more profitable
What is poly-culture
200
The movement from horses to this drastically increased the farming speed
What is motorized equipment (tractors)
200
Agriculture production alone contributes to this percentage of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
What is 14%
300
Seneca Natives used these crops as a type of polyculture.
What is the Three Sisters? or What is Corn, Beans, and Squash?
300
According to the information presented in this exposition: these two countries are ranked first and second in corn production and consumption.
Who are the USA and China
300
Name of the documentary that shows incredible success for poly-culture farming
What is FRESH
300
Name of the company in the Jon Stewart clip with Genetically engineered seeds
Who is Monsanto
300
Food Shed's goal is to have food consumed with in this many miles of where it is consumed.
What is 100 miles?
400
Allan Savory promotes the use of herd animals to help the environment using this idea.
What is mimicking the feeding habits of wild herds?
400
The term “fixed stomach” means that each person is set to consume an X amount of food per year. This many pounds per year are mentioned in the book.
What is 1,500 pounds
400
Europe's what had 22 million farmers in 1957 and is now about 7 million.
What is Common Agricultural Policy (CAP
400
The depletion of top-soil caused by over plowing and monocropping is called.
What is erosion
400
The limit of direct payments subsidies per person per year.
What is $40,000
500
This habitat helps keep predators from killing farm animals yet is not thought of as part of a farm.
What is the Forest/Woods?
500
This book, Pollan says could be considered the organic movement bible.
What is "An Agricultural Testament"
500
Cheap food is
What is an Illusion.
500
This form of at your fingertips mapping system has revolutionized farming