No. Chemical runoff, high use of clean water, fertile land used up....
Is farming good for the environment? Explain your answer.
100
Middle East
Where did the 1st agricultural revolution occur?
100
Poorer nations
Typically where does a food crisis occur?
100
The Von Thunen Model
What is the product that Von Thunen created?
100
Commercial Agriculture
What is farmers and their families that are not the primary users or consumers of the agricultural good they produce. They sell their products to food-processing companies. A large-scale industry of food production.
200
Civil War, changes in market prices, unhealthy working conditions, high cost of living compared to income, small return on investment...
What are three difficulties faced by 3rd World farmers?
200
Tractors
What major piece of equipment was developed in the 2nd agricultural revolution?
200
Fuel derived directly from living matter.
What are biofuels
200
True
True or False. Dairy is closest to the market in the Von Thunen Model.
200
Subsistence Agriculture/farming
What is a farming system that is largely independent of purchased inputs and in which outputs are typically used or consumed by farmers and their family
300
All over the world
Where in the world did ingredients for a hamburger and its toppings originate?
300
The practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil.
What does the center of the Von Thunen model represent?
300
Planting two or more crops in a field at the same time
What is the meaning of intercropping?
400
Globalization of agriculture
Our ability to buy foods from anywhere in the world would be an expression of
400
Second Ag Revolution
What is the revolution that was associated with the Industrial Revolution?
400
Increased demand for food and protein, increased oil prices, natural disasters, food being diverted to biofuels.
What triggered the most recent food crisis?
400
Livestock ranching
What is the 4th/last ring on the Von Thunen Model?
400
Slash-and-burn is an agricultural technique that involves cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields.
Describe the process of slash burn or swidden farming.
500
Geological differences causing different types of germs and also by luck, it was luck that some people found out how to mine metal and forge it quicker than others.
In reference to agriculture, why are some regions of the world so much more advanced than others?
500
1st: 10,000 BC
2nd: 17/18 Century
3rd: 1970s/80s--still today
When did each agricultural revolution take place?
500
Less pollution, energy, and space used. etter waste management
How has urban agriculture changed farming?
500
Helps predict what crop will be grown or how land on a commercial farm will be used if we know where the farm is located in relation to the market.
So food can be close to the market for transportation costs or food spoilage is reduced.
What is the purpose of the Von Thunen Model?
500
Sustainable farming
What is ecofriendly food and technology that's less harmful on the environment?