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?

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

Interactive Notebook: Organic Vs. Local

December 2

*Organic Legal definition

No inorganic fertilizers or pesticidesNo use of Genetically Modified OrganismsNo use of sewage sludge No irradiation (kills bacteria on harvested

food)No antibiotics or growth hormones

*Organic advantages

Healthier for farmers, consumersSafer for wildlifeDoesn’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. LocalLexicon 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?

Quiz tomorrow! (Objectives #1-8)