Sustainable Agriculture Objectives Name _______________________
Date ______________ Period ____
1. What is urban agriculture and why is it sustainable?
2. Contrast “whole” foods and processed foods, both in what they are and in their
environmental impact.
3. List five of the “food rules” we talked about in class that can help you identify
sustainable food in a grocery store.
4. Why is cooking food more environmentally sustainable than eating processed food?
5. What is sustainable agriculture, why is it important and what are its major
components?
6. What is organic farming, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of organic
foods?
7. What are some advantages and disadvantages of “eating locally” and “eating in
season” ?
8. Explain why organic food costs more to buy but costs less in the long run.
9. Explain how a farmer’s market is different from a regular grocery store.
10. Explain how Community Supported Agriculture works.
11. What is Integrated Pest Management? Give several examples of strategies used to
control pests with IPM.
12. Why and how is compost used in sustainable agriculture?
13. How does compost speed up the carbon cycle
14. What is crop rotation and why is it important?
15. What are some of the harmful environmental effects of industrial meat production?
16. How are CAFO’s contributing to bacterial resistance to antibiotics, and why are
antibiotics used in these facilities?
17. What are some advantages and disadvantages of a meat-based diet? How do a
meat-based diet and a vegetarian diet compare on the ecological energy pyramid?
18. Describe the advantages of grass-fed beef and explain how you can find it in
Houston.
19. Describe the issues around raising chickens within the Houston city limits.
20. How can aquaculture produce protein?
21. How do aquaculture, composting and crop rotation reflect the carbon and nitrogen
cycles?
22. How do sustainable agriculture systems decrease the problem of the Dead Zone in
the Gulf?
Mon Dec 1
Tues Dec 2
Wed Dec 3/Th Dec 4
Friday Dec 5
Notes – Urban
Agriculture and
sustainable
systems
Notes: Organic vs.
Local
Quiz – Obj #
EATING
INTERVIEW
DUE!!! MAJOR
GRADE!
HW –Eating
Interview
HW – Eating
Interview; Study
for Quiz obj #
Mon Dec 8
Tuesday Dec 9
Notes – Meat
Production:
CAFOs, grassfed
beef and chickens
in Houston!
Obj #14-18
stamped
HW – Obj #14-18;
Quiz tomorrow
Obj #11-18
Monday Dec 15
HW – Eating Interview due Friday!
Wed Dec 10/Thursday Dec 11
Friday Dec 12
Wed Dec 17
Friday Dec 19
Quiz Obj #11-18
Last notes!
Aquaculture!
Tuesday Dec 16
Thursday Dec 18