Module+Topics+-+Industrial+Practices+-+Agriculture

=Industrial Agriculture= //Students will be given a presentation aimed to teach them about the United States industrial farming system. In combination with the presentation the students will be shown The Meatrix, clips from the popular documentary Food Inc. and another short animated clip that all illustrate problems with our industrial farming system. At the end of the presentation the students will be asked questions in a game like fashion to help see what they retained. //

=US Food System Deindustrialization Debate Module= //In an effort to promote environmental education students will debate whether or not we should deindustrialize our food industry. Students will be given material from which they can base their arguments and they will follow a college level debate structure. They will emerge from this debate with a better understanding of how a college or high school debate takes place as well as learning about the implications of the industrialized US food industry.// =Sustainable Farming=

=Food Miles=

=What's in a Candy Bar?= //Students will look at the ingredients of their favorite candy bar and map out where the ingredients come from, where the candy bar is produced, and the route it takes to get to them. An extension of this assignment can also explore costs and how a candy bar can be sold so cheaply despite having ingredients from all over the world. //