Sustainable Agriculture Focus Questions

For reading http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/concept.htm

These are not to be turned in – just use this to jot notes.

1. What are the three main goals of sustainable agriculture?

2. Identify the major environmental problems that agriculture causes with respect to:

a. water supply

b. water quality

c. water available for wildlife

d. energy

r. air

g. soil

3. Identify at least one way that sustainable farming practices minimize these negatives.

4. What are the advantages of a diversified farm as compared to a monoculture?

5. How do practitioners of SA view soils? How do they view “synthetic inputs?”

Skip down to “The Economic, Social, and Political Context”

6. How could US farm policy be changed to better support a transition to SA?

7. What is the relationship between the high price of housing in California and support for SA?

8. What is the role of the consumer (me and you) in creating a sustainable food system?