Local Agriculture Plan: In this initial response, research and summarize environmental impacts of agriculture and think about where you live. In an ideal situation, how would you feed the people in your local area (the answer from someone in Alaska should differ from someone in Hawaii)? What would system of agriculture would you recommend and why? There are not right or wrong answers, what is important for our discussion is how you apply environmental and agricultural principles that you have researched to your local area. Some ideas to include in your plan (Feel free to be creative):

Crop production: How and from where would crops be produced?

– Animal production: How and from where would animal productions be produced?

– Distribution Distance: How far away would fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy and processed foods travel?

– Farming Methods: What methods of farming would be used? GMOs? Organic? Pesticides? Herbicides? Industrial methods?

In your response, mention whether your ideas for local sustainable agriculture could be extended to global production and why.