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Geography and Agriculture Feeding the World: Images of a Hungry Planet Food for Thought

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 People.

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Geography and Agriculture Feeding the World: Images of a Hungry Planet Food for Thought

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  1. Geography and Agriculture Feeding the World: Images of a Hungry PlanetFood for Thought Food, Land & People Utah Agriculture in the Classroom Utah State University www.agclassroom.org/ut

  2. Location, Location, Location… • Geography • People • Places • Time • Agriculture • Food • Land • People Does a continent latitude or longitude matter? Guns, Germs, & Steel: by Jared Diamond

  3. Topography and climate • Does Geography determine where civilizations begin?

  4. Topography and Soils • Can soil types predict where civilizations thrive? • What do you know about the soils in the various colors?

  5. Geography: Food, Land & People • Different culture, religions traditions based on food and land. • Street Foods (National Geographic) Ghana

  6. Geography: Food, Land & People Bolivia

  7. Geography: Food, Land & People Mali

  8. Geography: Food, Land & People Peru

  9. Geography: Food, Land & People India

  10. Geography: Food, Land & People Laos

  11. 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

  12. 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”

  13. Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

  14. Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

  15. Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira CityFood expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25

  16. Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

  17. Chad: The Mustapha family of Dar es Salaam VillageFood expenditure for one week: 10,200 CFA Francs or $18.33

  18. Sarajevo: The Dudo family of Bosnia and HerzegovinaFood expenditure for one week: 167 Konvertibilna Marka or $344.82

  19. Turkey: The Celik family of Istanbul Food expenditure for one week: 198.48 New Turkish liras or $145.88

  20. Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

  21. Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

  22. Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

  23. Egypt : The Ahmed family of Cairo Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

  24. Ecuador: The Ayme family of TingoFood expenditure for one week: $31.55

  25. France: The Le Moine family of Paris Food expenditure for one week: $315.17 Euros or $419.95

  26. United States : The Fernandez family of San Antonio, TexasFood expenditure for one week: $242.48

  27. United States : The Revis family of North Carolina Food expenditure for one week: $341.98

  28. Great Britain: The Bainton family of WiltshireFood expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.13

  29. China: The Dong family of BeijingFood expenditure for one week: 1233.76 Yuan or$155.06

  30. India: The Patkar family of UjjainFood expenditure for one week: 1,636.25 Rupees or $39.27

  31. Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of UlaanbaatarFood expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 Togrogs or$40.02

  32. Cultural Comparisons

  33. Another way to look at it!

  34. Follow up Activity • 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

  35. Geography and Agriculture…How will we feed a hungry planet?

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