Geography and Agriculture Feeding the World: Images of a Hungry Planet Food for Thought Food, Land & People Utah Agriculture in the Classroom Utah State University www.agclassroom.org/ut
Location, Location, Location… Geography People Places Time Agriculture Food Land Does a continent latitude or longitude matter? Guns, Germs, & Steel: by Jared Diamond
Topography and climate Does Geography determine where civilizations begin?
Topography and Soils Can soil types predict where civilizations thrive? What do you know about the soils in the various colors?
Geography: Food, Land & People Different culture, religions traditions based on food and land. Street Foods (National Geographic) Ghana
Geography: Food, Land & People Bolivia
Geography: Food, Land & People Mali
Geography: Food, Land & People Peru
Geography: Food, Land & People India
Geography: Food, Land & People Laos
Geography: Food, Land & People And more…Most of the world lives differently than we do here in the USA. Explore www.fao.org media base or National Geographic Magazine, www.nationalgeographic.com for more! Albania
Geography: Food, Land & People What does the average family around the world consume and spend for food for one week? Images from Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet
Cultural Comparisons Country Weekly Total, US $ Number of People Per Person % of USA Chad 1.23 6 $0.21 0.4% Bhutan 5.03 13 $0.39 1.5% Ecuador 31.55 9 $3.51 9.2% Egypt 68.53 12 $5.71 20.0% Poland 151.27 5 $30.25 44.2% Mexico 189.09 $37.82 55.3% Italy 260.11 $52.02 76.1% USA 341.98 4 $85.50 100.0% Germany 500.07 $125.02 146.2%
Another way to look at it!
Follow up Activity Day of the Week Date Meal What did you eat Approximate Cost Meal Status Circle One Sunday Breakfast Made from Basics Frozen/Box/Mix Ate Out Lunch Dinner Monday Track your meals and their cost with your parents for one week Bring a completed Data Form back at the end of the week Use your data and the data from this presentation to make your own bar graph
Geography and Agriculture… How will we feed a hungry planet?