Please get your interactive notebook
and read the board!
Compare/contrast
Industrial
Ag
Sustainable
Ag
Another way to think about it . . .

Local is sustainable because gas is not wasted on transportation.

Whole is sustainable because material is not wasted on packaging.

Whole is sustainable because energy is not wasted on processing.
What’s the opposite of these?
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Processed food

Transported food

Stored food

Monoculture

Pesticides

Fertilizers

Mechanization

Few corporations control system

Subsidies encourage unhealthy food
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Cost minimization priority over human rights
Interactive Notebook:
Organic Vs. Local
December 2
*Organic Legal definition
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
inorganic fertilizers or pesticides
use of Genetically Modified Organisms
use of sewage sludge
irradiation (kills bacteria on harvested food)
antibiotics or growth hormones
*Organic advantages
 Healthier
 Safer
for farmers, consumers
for wildlife
 Doesn’t
require as much fossil fuel
for fertilizer/pesticides
*Organic disadvantages
 Cost
 Can
be highly
processed
Look for organics!
*Local means food is produced near
where it is eaten.
Eating locally = eating seasonally


Most plants grow,
produce food and then
die at certain times of
the year.
Houston crops NOW:

Greens

Green beans

Squash

Cabbage

Oranges

Broccoli
Organic v. Local
Lexicon of Sustainability
Another way to think about it . . .

Local is sustainable because gas is not wasted on transportation.

Whole is sustainable because material is not wasted on packaging.

Whole is sustainable because energy is not wasted on processing.

Organic is sustainable because
Practice – which is more sustainable and
why?
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Quiz tomorrow! (Objectives #1-8)