GOOD MORNING!

Please get your interactive notebook and review for today’s quiz!

Please read the board!

SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUREAGRICULTUREHOW WOULD HOW WOULD YOUYOU EXPLAIN THE TERM EXPLAIN THE TERM “SUSTAINABLE”?“SUSTAINABLE”?

FOOD FORWARD! (24MIN)

SO WHAT ABOUT H-TOWN? How do people get to the sustainable food?

COMMUNITY GARDENS/URBAN AG (FF12:49)

VERMICOMPOST!

SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS Processed food Transported food Stored food Monoculture Pesticides Inorganic Fertilizers Mechanization Short term gains Cost minimization

priority over human rights

Whole foods Local food Seasonal food Polyculture/polyvarietal IPM pest strategies Organic fertilizers People/animal

power Long term soil

fertility Fair trade = fair

wages for fair work

FARMER’S MARKETS (FF 5:16)

Houston: Rice Tues pm 3000 Richmond

Sat/Sun am St.Cyril on

Westheimer @beltway Wed pm

All $ directly to farmerAll local = all seasonalInteractions increaseOften organic, but not

certified

THE QUESTION OF ACCESS AND EQUITY 3,200 farmer’s

markets now take SNAP! (suplemental nutrition assistance program)

Farmer’s market food costs reflect a real wage for the farmer

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

SOLUTIONS?SOLUTIONS? Processed food Transported food Stored food Monoculture Pesticides Fertilizers Mechanization Few corporations control system Subsidies encourage unhealthy food Cost minimization priority over human rights

CSA’S – COMMUNITY SUPPORTED CSA’S – COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE

Share holders pay annual fee; pick up produce regularly from central location (ff 15:50)

WOOD DUCK FARMCommunity Supported Agriculture

OCTOBER 7

OCTOBER 14

OCTOBER 21

OCTOBER 28

NOVEMBER 4

NOVEMBER 11

DECEMBER 2

NEW PAGE IN NOTEBOOK! (RIGHT SIDE)

Title: Farmer’s Markets and Community Supported Agriculture

Date: Dec

COMPARE/CONTRAST

Farmer’s market

CSA

OK, SO SUSTAINABLE FOOD IS LOCAL AND ORGANIC AND WHOLE, BUT

HOW IS IT GROWN?

SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS Processed food Transported food Stored food Monoculture Pesticides Inorganic Fertilizers Mechanization Short term gains Cost minimization

priority over human rights

Whole foods Local food Seasonal food Polyculture/polyvarietal IPM pest strategies Organic fertilizers People/animal

power Long term soil

fertility Fair trade = fair

wages for fair work

COMPOST – WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?Let’s go outside!

NEW PAGE (RIGHT HAND SIDE)

Title: Soil Fertility Date: Dec Summarize what compost is and how it is

used in sustainable agriculture

NEW PAGE: (RIGHT SIDE)

Title: Integrated Pest Management Date: Dec

SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS Processed food Transported food Stored food Monoculture Pesticides Inorganic Fertilizers Mechanization Short term gains Cost minimization

priority over human rights

Whole foods Local food Seasonal food Polyculture/polyvarietal IPM pest strategies Organic fertilizers People/animal

power Long term soil

fertility Fair trade = fair

wages for fair work

A SPECTRUM OF CHOICES – ALL GROWERS DEAL WITH PESTS!

Industrial Integrated Pest Organic/

Agriculture management traditional

Least sustainable most sustainable

*INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Overarching philosophy: Elimination of pests is not possible, so the goal

must be pest suppression.

General practice: Watch pest populations. When there are too many, take action. Pesticides will be used only as a last resort.

GUIDING PRINCIPLE: PESTS AND DISEASES GENERALLY ARE PLANT-SPECIFIC. Examples –

Boll weevil attacks cotton plants

Rust and smut fungus attack corn

Yellow rust fungus attacks wheat

DIVERSITY PROTECTS HARVESTS FROM PESTS AND DISEASES BECAUSE THEY RUN OUT OF FOOD.

MONOCULTURES ARE LIKE A BANQUET!

CULTIVATION/PHYSICAL APPROACHES Crop rotation – non-legume, legume, fallow field/cover crop

EACH CROP DEMANDS A DIFFERENT MIX OF SOIL NUTRIENTS

Root/fruit/flowers: high Phosphorous demand (nucleic acids)

Leaves: Nitrogen (photosynthesis proteins)

CULTIVATION/PHYSICAL APPROACHES

Hedge rowsprovide shelter forbeneficial insects,

insectivorous birds and other pest predators (preying mantis, ladybugs, bats)

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL

Release beneficial insects purchased in quantity (pest

predators), encourage

insectivorous birds

OTHER PREDATORS

INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS

CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL Pheromones: used in

bait traps to lure insects away from crops

CHEMICAL CONTROL As a last resort,

IPM farmers will use pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides)

DIRECTIONS: CUT OUT AND GLUE THE IPM STRATEGIES INTO THE CORRECT COLUMNS

Prevention strategies Response strategies

SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS Processed food Transported food Stored food Monoculture Pesticides Inorganic Fertilizers Mechanization Short term gains Cost minimization

priority over human rights

Whole foods Local food Seasonal food Polyculture/polyvarietal IPM pest strategies Organic fertilizers People/animal

power Long term soil

fertility Fair trade = fair

wages for fair work

PRACTICE – WHICH IS MORE SUSTAINABLE AND WHY?

Potatoes bought at the grocery store vs. potatoes bought at a farmer’s market.

Homemade french fries vs. fast food french fries

Inorganic pesticide vs. crop rotation