AgricultureYou will need an Atlas & something to write on.

Christmas Break Make a list of everything you ate and

drank.

Aztecs

Pilgrims

Iowa

Corn

Corn #1

70% of the carbon in our bodies

Dent corn

Corn Regions What states grow corn?

Central Mexico Teosintel

Ames Iowa Corn research center

What do they study?

Why?

Corn Crops How is corn planted?

How is it harvested?

What technology is used?

J Von Liebig German born

1830 – invented nitrogen fertilizer

Vocabulary (156) Plantation

Slash & burn

Migrant Workers

Barter

Agricultural Problems Use of fossil fuels

Pollution in the form of runoff

Mississippi River & Gulf of Mexico

Solutions Plastics – 10% of oil supply 1,000 yrs. to degrade global warming

Corn plastic is made from carbon molecules

G.M.O. Genetically Modified Organism

Domino's Pizza Where do the toppings come from?

How are the toppings transported to Manhattan?

CaliforniaHow is the California desert transformed into a food machine?

What’s grown in California?

Back to CORN What is a C.A.F.O.?

Why are cattle fed corn?

In 6 months, how much does a calf grow?

Henry Ford Mass industrialization

Why circles?