AESC 2050 EXAM 3 Latest Update Graded A

AESC 2050 EXAM 3 Latest Update Graded A what are we eating (percentages) carbohydrate (50%), fat (35%), protein (15%) Video: Greenland use of harpoons and eating mainly meat. Also these people are called inuits. how much acres required to feed one person one (to two) acres (20% of our land) where are people concentrated/land concentrated. middle - farm land west and east coast - people top 4 states in America Callifornia (12%), Texas (9%), Florida (6%), New York (6%) What affects the price of one another really well? oil and food prices 90% of corn was for food and livestock but is now.. 60% (45% livestock, 15% food) and 40% used to produce ethanol almost one state produces the entire production of ethanol food vs. fuel 8 bushels of corn = 21.6 gallons of gas = enough to feed one person a year (we need 9.22 million square miles to fuel the whole country) EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Protect Americans from: risk to human health and risk to environment do you need a lawyer to farm? no, but it's good to have one right to farm restricts regulation of local government less than state, the plaintiff cannot restrict already established agriculture area, payment of attorney fees NAFTA US - Canada - Mexico, increase food variety, 365 food supply, increase purchase power of families, farmers, businesses. (60% of US produce is imported raw goods from Canada and Mexico) US deficit leads to dependence of fuel and consumer products, embargo ban of certain items into the country (e.g russia banning US from exports worth $300 million) tariffs, quotas, subsidies increase production in US and reduce imports statistics on food safety 1 in 6 Americans get sick each year and 128000 are hospitalized, 3000 die of food borne diseases. food safety modernization act of 2011 prevents diseases, inspections, responses to potential unsanitary material, denies imports, enhanced partnership with government. FSIS, FDA, CDC FSIS: supply of meat, egg, and poultry is safe FDA: all other food and safety of drugs CDC: monitors food borne diseases. tester- hagen amendment allows local farmers to grow stuff and be regulated at a local level. US ranking of food safety number 4 in the world, tier 1 number 1 disease in america salmonela our food culture not kin with cooking, since we eat out more. cultural practices of unsanitary eating. uncertainty in science how well we know something, it is difficult to predict the future population bomb by paul ehrlich 100 millions will starve to death due to lack of food. green revolution to feed the population norman borlaug started to grow food with high yield and increase use of irrigation.(combines agriculture with science) antibiotics medicine that inhibits growth or kills microorganisms. hormone stimulates certain cells or tissues into action. pros and cons of antibiotics longer life span, but higher chance for bacteria to develop more. rBST hormones helps produce more milk for cows and allowed, but walmart wont sell BST products. herbicides kills specific plants pesticides helps kills insects three things that impact U.S Agriculture. big box food retailers, customers and the government there are mandatory spendings (5%) and discretionary spending (1%) on agriculture which is about 4 trillion dollars. federal agriculture improvement and reform acts (farm bill) "it's like the swiss army knife" it's omnibus and reauthorized every 4-6 years history homestead act 1862: encouraged expansion and farming morrill act 1862: land grant schools smith-lever 1914: agricultural extension culture shift in the 1930s new deal - FDR subsidized food, to make sure food is storable agriculture subsidies feed farmers by increasing their income by encouraging it. (but it's also viewed negatively) culture shift: the environment 1980s sustainable agriculture, and conservation culture shift: end of commodity 1990s end of subsidies due to high farming income culture shift: back to small 2000s back to local, community food projects effects of farm subsidies over production, poor countries cannot compete, less money spent otherwise, but consumer stability, protects the environment, and supports other businesses. farm bill of 2014 end of subsidies with a 956 billion plan over 10 years. cut in the commodity and nutritions and increase in crop insurance. US government's debt. for every dollar we spend, government takes 16 cents, 1.7 billion a day, we are approaching 20 trillion in debt, roughly 55,000$ per citizen. Georgia's first cash crop tobacco now is only 3% lead to increase in slavery Georgia's second cash crop cotton (eli whitney's cotton gin) --> leads to increase of slavery what insect in 1915 ended the cotton king boll weevil - reduced cotton acreage, becoming non profitable, eliminated in early 1990s cotton loss lead to increase in chickens (jesse jewell) vertical integration the buy of items needed to create a product statistical facts beef has been arising agriculture commodity, and broilers are remaining number 1 peanuts, on the other hand, have been falling in ranks. watermelon and vidalia onions growing crops of GA, vidalia onions must be grown from 20 counties of georgia and cordelle county markets watermelon as its cash crop (watermelon crawl line dancing) georgia farm bureau started in 1950s from a band of farmers, contains insurance as well as many other stuff. walmart of agriculture. all sweets are GMO grown what type of farming is the backbone for moon farms? poultry USDA there are three parts (or more) SNP - special nutrition program WIC - women infants and children SNAP - supplemental nutrition assistance program. how much is spent for SNAP? (statistics) 112.4 billion dollars serve 44.5 million people (1 in 7 of america) SNAP is provided if household size, expenses and income benefit statistics maximum is 194$ monthly average is 127$