Names of People
He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers and co-producer of the award winning film, Food In
c.Who is Michael Pollan
?Signs of the earliest cultivation (planned sowing and harvesting of plants) points to this area.
Where is Fertile Crescent of the Middle East
The term used to describe “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
This is what we are, if we are what we eat.
He served as Secretary of Agriculture in the 1970s and favored large-scale corporate farming.
Who is Earl Butz
?During World War II government imposed restrictions on civilian access to food and encouraged citizens to do what? Naming them what?
DAILY DOUBLE: Sustainability balances the aims of three interrelated pillars, name all three pillars.
Prior to WWII, the food chain was based on the sun's energy. But it has been transformed to a food chain that instead relies almost entirely on what?
What is the energy of fossil fuels?
What is Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
?This is the book (and author) that was written about the meatpacking industry at the turn of the 20th century.
He raised corn and soybeans on his family farm near Churdan, Iowa since 1976.
The term that refers to a series of research, development, and technology initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s, that increased agricultural production around the world.
He was an was an American agronomist who was instrumental in the Green Revolution, leading initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production.
Who was Norman Borlaug
?What are fertilizers, irrigation, high yielding varieties (low variety), and pesticides.