Ch+12+Food,+Soil+and+Pest+Management


 * **Unit** || **Topic** || **Resources** ||  ||
 * 7. Land and Water Use || A. Agriculture- Feeding a Growing Population: types of agriculture, green revolution || Miller chapter 12 ||  ||
 * || B. Soil Dynamics: Erosion, problems, overgrazing, desertification deforestation, irrigation, and conservation || Miller chapter 12 ||  ||
 * || C. Food Production and Nutrition: Human nutrition requirements || Miller chapter 12 ||  ||


 * 7. Land and Water Use || D. Food Production and Nutrition: Genetic engineering and crop production, sustainable agriculture || Miller chapter 12 ||  ||
 * || E. Meat Production and Rangelands: rangeland management, federal rangelands || Miller chapter 12 ||  ||
 * || F. Fish and Shellfish Production: Fisheries harvest, over-fishing, fishing techniques, aquaculture, agricultural government policies, relevant laws and treaties || Miller chapter 12 ||  ||

Book Companion Site for Chapter 12
 * Textbook **

= = = = = = = = = = = Review Questions = = = =  = =  = The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond
 * Notes **
 * Web Reading **


 * Video Resources **

[|Food Inc.] -a documentary on the high costs of cheap food in the United States

[|King Corn]- a documentary about how the federal cheap food policies in the U.S. lead to both unrealistic prices for crops like corn and major health problems related to diet for Americans

[|American Experience]- Surviving the dust-bowl

[|Harvest of Fear] - Should we grow gm crops? [|The Meatrix] [|Lab Meat]- learn how the meat of tomorrow is being produced. Please pass the lab meat. Learn how [|gene banks] may be the equivalent of Noah's Ark Chicken poop power Food and Climate Change Connection Tax Processed Food and Subsidize Veges Politics and our Food Supply Michael Pollan Food Articles
 * Web Resources **
 * Eat more Chicken without the Guilt**
 * Pink Slime in your hamburgers**