GEO 101 World Human Geography
Spring 2011
Lecture Outline

Geography
Matters!

Commercial Agriculture

Before Lecture
Reading assignment for today: Greiner pp. 243-353
Important Concepts from the textbook you should review before lecture (write a short definition): desertification, sustainable agriculture, precision agriculture, organic agriculture, globalization and agriculture, global food crisis, biofuesl, urban agriculture
I have the following question(s) about the textbook reading:

Industrial Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture

Organic Agriculture

Global Food Crisis

Economic, Social, and Environmental Issues in Porter County and Southern Minnesota Agriculture

Agriculture in Porter County

Agriculture in Southern Minnesota

Drainage of Wetlands

Specialization

Differences in farming Yesterday and Today
Farm Diversity
Number of Farms and Farm Size
Division of Labor
What drives specialization?

Large Scale Animal Agriculture

Shift from Family Farms to Factory Farms
Environmental Issues

Conversion of Agricultural Land to Suburban Land

Global Scale Environmental Issues Linked to Agriculture

Rural Change

After Lecture

What was the main point of today's lecture?

Important concepts covered in this lecture (write a short definition):

One thing I did not fully understand today is:

What did I learn today that I did not know before?

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