1 APPLE DAY! Broken Limbs: “The New American Farmer”Sustainable Agriculture
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3 3 Pillars of Sustainability “The Triple Bottom-line”Ecologically Sound Economically Viable Socially Responsible
4 APPLE DAY!!! TODAY Planet of the Apes – “Damn you all to hell!”Is human life “sustainable”? Planet of the Apes – “Damn you all to hell!” Collapse – Jared Diamond Wall-e – sustainability Our Narrow Slice – “What will we miss?” “Feeding 9 Billion” – video #1 “Feeding 9 Billion” – video 2 “Science, Technology, and GMOs” “Feeding 9 Billion” – video 5 “Local Food Systems”
5 “Locovorism” “Lexicon of Sustainability” ‘Locovore’ movie trailerWhat is a Locovore? Chipotle Grille – “Back to the Start” Chipotle Grill – “The Scarecrow”
6 Polyface Farm – Joel SalatinPolyface Farm – CNN Natural Polyface Farm – Food Inc. Michael Pollan's: "Don't Buy Any Food You've Ever Seen Advertised". – Democracy NOW
7 Agriculture in Chile Sustainable Agriculture in ChileLabor Conditions in Chile
8 4th Agricultural Revolution?Locovorism…or… Biotechnical Revolution – Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Glo-fish, Enviropig, marmosets, mosquitos, etc. Corn, cotton, soybeans Developed in US and patented by Monsanto Corp. (agribusiness) 90 % of agri-GMOs are in LDCs (China, India, Philippines, South Africa) Shift from Yield Per Acre to Yield Per Dollar spent “pro GMO, or NO GMO?” “What is a GMO?”