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Section 2: Texts

Core

  • Digital Access
    • “7 GMO Myths Debunked by Vandana Shiva,” Julia Kent, North Atlantic Books, January 22, 2016
    • “How Does Agriculture Change Our Climate?,” Barrett Colombo, Paul West, Pete Smith, Francesco N. Tubiello, James Gerber, Peder Engstrom, Andrew Urevig, and Eva Wollenberg, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
    • “Introduction to Food Security,” Agriculture in Education, YouTube, 2015
    • “Organic Farming is Rarely Enough: Conventional Agriculture Gives Higher Yields Under Most Conditions,” Natasha Gilbert, Nature, April 25, 2012
    • “The Case for Engineering Our Food,” Pamela Ronald, TED Talk, 2015
  • Unit Reader
    • “10 Things You Need to Know about the Global Food System,” Evan Fraser and Elizabeth Fraser, Guardian News & Media Ltd., 2019
    • “Chapter 3: Moving Up the Food Chain,” excerpt from Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, Lester R. Brown, W.W. Norton & Company, 2012
    • Excerpts from The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC., 2006
    • “History and Overview of the Green Revolution: How Agricultural Practices Changed in the 20th Century,” Amanda Briney, ThoughtCo., 2020
    • “Nourish Food System Map,” Nourish, WorldLink, 2014
    • “Why Industrial Farms Are Good for the Environment,” Jayson Lusk, The New York Times Company, 2016