Comparing Agriculture Methods: Polyculture vs Monoculture and Small-Scale vs Commercial Farming

Objective:

· Identify and differentiate between different types of agriculture

· Recognize pros and cons of different types of agriculture

Procedure:

1. Divide the next page of your journal into 4 sections

a. Label the columns Monoculture and Polyculture

b. Label the rows Subsistence and Commercial

c. If should look like this:

2. Define all four vocabulary words, using your notes!

3. Sort the pictures you are given into two groups: Polyculture and Monoculture. Use your definitions from in-class notes!

a. Compare your sort with your neighbor. Should you change anything?

4. Now sort the same pictures into two new groups: commercial farming and small scale farming. Use your definitions from in-class notes!

a. Compare your sort with your neighbor. Should you change anything?

5. Glue the pictures into the boxes on the next page, based on how you sorted them.

6. Answer the analysis questions

1. Backyard Garden (Issaquah, WA)

2. Urban Homestead (USA)

3. Small Farm (San Juan Islands)

4. Raspberry Farm (Lynden, WA)

5. Wenatchee Apple Orchard

6. Dairy Farm (Woodinville, WA)

7. Pea Patch Community Garden (Seattle, WA)

8. Organic Carrot Field, Sequim, WA

9. Produce from a Field in Leavenworth, WA

10. Cranberry Field, Ocean Shores WA

11. Ranch in the Colombia Basin

12. Christmas Tree Farm, Gig Harbor

Analysis Questions:

1. Based on how you sorted your pictures, what types of farms are usually monocultures: Subsistence or Commercial?

2. Based on how you sorted your pictures, what types of farms are usually polycultures: Subsistence or Commercial?

3. What are the pros and cons of monocultures?

a. Pros:

b. Cons

4. What are the pros and cons of polycultures?

a. Pros:

b. Cons

5. What are the pros and cons of small scale farm?

a. Pros:

b. Cons

6. What are the pros and cons of commercial farms?

a. Pros:

b. Cons

Monoculture:

Polyculture:

Small Scale:

Commercial: